Show UP! ARTivism Weekly Protection - 12/3/2020

“Renewal of Resistance: An Evening with #StopMVP ARTivists” was held on January 31, 2023 to replenish the movement in the New Year to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline & MVP Southgate. After FOUR victories against Senator Joe Manchin’s Dirty Deal in 2022, among other victories and setbacks, this resistance – heading into its tenth year – could use an artful boost! The movement has been consistently bolstered by the work of artists all across Appalachia and the Piedmont, and together we're renewing our commitment once again to beating MVP & MVP Southgate! “Renewal of Resistance” gathered people on Zoom from all over the country to hear the voices, see the dances, and feel the words of amazing artists from Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Hosted by Callie Pruett of acclaimed podcast Appodlachia, this event featured poetry readings by Crystal Good, Mara Robbins, and Steven Licardi; musical performances by BJ Lark and Charly Lowry; a dance performance by Sebrena Williamson and Fiona O’Brien; and art by Laura Saunders and Alicia Aldaz. Action links and performer info are below! +++ TAKE ACTION +++ Visit www.stopmvp.org and sign up for the Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights newsletter to stay in the loop and receive updates and calls to action! Email artivismvirginia@gmail.com if you’d like to join our email list! +++ Comment to the US Forest Service (Deadline EXTENDED to Feb 21st, 2023) +++ Sign this petition with Appalachian Voices!!! https://appvoices.org/no-pipelines/mv... West Virginia Rivers Coalition Comment Writing Party https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... Coalition comment writing party instructional video with resources here!    • Comment Writing Party - Tell the Forest Se...   USFS Comment writing guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12... +++ Comment to the US Army Corps of Engineers (by Feb 10, 2023) +++ Appalachian Voices Petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/t... West Virginia Rivers Coalition Comment Writing Party https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... USACE comment writing guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10... --- --- --- --- --- --- --- THANK YOU to this wonderful crew of ARTivists and Callie Pruett! In order of appearance: **Callie Pruett** https://appodlachia.com/ https://appalachiansforappalachia.org/ **Crystal Good** https://crystalgood.life/markingmyter... https://blackbygod.org/   / cgoodwoman     / cgoodwoman   **Sebrena Williamson with Fiona O’Brien**    / @saltareinelementisdancecol5339   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Ja... www.instagram.com/saltareinelementis **Bernadette ‘BJ’ Lark**   / communityartsreach   **Neema Avashia** https://www.neemaavashia.com/   / avashia     / avashianeema   https://bookshop.org/p/books/another-... **Mara Eve Robbins** https://propertiuspress.wixsite.com/b... https://appalachianchronicle.com/2020... https://appalachianchronicle.com/2020...   / cpfcfloyd   **Laura Saunders** http://www.saundersdocumentary.com/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wQ7... **Steven Licardi** https://www.thesvenbo.com/   / thesvenbo     / thesvenbo   **Alicia Aldaz**   / a_touchof_red   https://www.etsy.com/shop/ATouchOfRed... **Charly Lowry**   / charlylowry   www.charlylowry.com --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Connect with us! Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights + www.powhr.org   / powhrcoalition     / powhr      / @protectourwaterheritagerig715   ARTivism Virginia +   / artivism_virginia     / artivismvirginia      / artivismvirginia   And to stay connected with the frontlines of the fight against MVP Southgate, please visit: https://www.7directionsofservice.org/ #StopMVP #NoMVPSouthgate #NoSacrificeZones #WEWILLWIN

2023

Take your place in the Circle of Protection: SWVA! The Circle of Protection is an interfaith prayer vigil with story, song, and mutual support to gather and uplift neighbors who wish to protect their homes and communities from harmful and extractive development that threatens their public health and safety. This series began on August 13th, 2022 at Eastern Montgomery Park in Elliston, Virginia, and continues Saturday September 10th and Saturday, October 8th from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at the same location. The Circle aims to bring together frontline community members, long fighters of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, newcomers, and those who demand a future free of damaging development projects. Following an hour program will be a community meal and fellowship. All are welcome! The September 10th Circle will feature: Music from Bernadette 'BJ' Lark Poetry from Mara Eve Robbins Personal story from Crystal Mello Music from Joshua Vana - - - - - -   - - - - - - -   - - - - - - - More Circle of Protection details for September 10th, 2022 here: https://fb.me/e/1LIeftuC3 WHO: You, friends, family, neighbors, community members WHAT: One hour of uplift, one hour of good food & fellowship WHEN: Saturday, September 10th from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM WHERE: Eastern Montgomery Park, 5001 Enterprise Drive, Elliston, VA 24087 WHY: To gather community members and advocates, creating space for reconnection, forming new relationships, healing and testimony, and growing our coalition for a future free of harmful and polluting development WHAT TO BRING: Your water bottle, sunscreen, a folding/camp chair, your mask, and a potluck dish! WEATHER & COVID PRECAUTIONS: This event will be held rain or shine. In the case of rain, all attendees can move under the pavilion, and we would encourage folks to wear their masks. In the case of the occurrence of thunder and lightning closeby potentially occurring during the program, we will play things by ear and take a brief intermission if needed where folks can wait in their vehicles. With the desire of preventing further transmission of COVID-19, we will not be moving to an indoor space. RESTROOMS: There is an indoor restroom open to the public at the Elliston Fire Department building where parking is located. PARKING: There are marked and designated sections for the public at the Elliston Fire Department. - - - - - -   - - - - - - -   - - - - - - - "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" performed by the Indian Run Stringband http://www.indianrunstringband.com Videography by Loud Valley Productions http://www.loudvalley.com Special thanks to: Indian Run Stringband, Pastor Ken Gray of Big Spring Baptist Church, Irene Leech, the POWHR Coalition (Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights) and Preserve Montgomery County, VA Connect with the POWHR Coalition to help fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline: https://www.powhr.org Visit ARTivism Virginia on: YouTube    / artivismvirginia   Instagram   / artivism_virginia   Facebook   / artivismvirginia   Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia #CircleOfProtection #SWVA #StopMVP

2022

We're not having it. After Mountain Valley Pipeline's U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permits have once again been vacated by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, the path for MVP to ever be finished is disappearing. These legal victories have been made possible by grassroots coalition building, a diversity of tactics, and the implacable will of community defenders and water protectors. #WeWillWin. Thanks to: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival & Repairers of the Breach, and Sarah Hazlegrove Films. #StopMVP #NoChickahominyPipeline #NoCPS #AtlanticGhostPipeline #USFS #USFWS #EndangeredSpeciesAct #TheImplacables #DoomToThePipelines #WaterIsLife

2022

This past Thursday, June 25th 2020, we were joined for our sixth STREET SiNG Workshop by VIDEOmeTRY projectionist Dustin Klein, who's been offering some seriously powerful imaging at Marcus David Peters Circle, a central meeting place in Richmond's calls for racial justice over this past month (June 2020). Follow videometry on Instagram:  / videometry   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STREET SiNG Workshops: A bi-weekly, hour-long Zoom workshop to cultivate skills, art and agreements for future environmental events in Virginia. Each workshop from April 16th to June 25th, 2020 has had time for a teaching, and time for participation. STREET SiNG workshop topics have included: Songs for rallies, marches, actions Call and response chants Poster/sign making Street theater/ritual/sculpture Banner and flag making Banner and shirt silk screening Water Flags Street drum construction and rhythm Followship in action agreements, dynamic listening, signal & safety Mobile sound, megaphone & public address Discussions on systemic racism in our Virginia communities and opportunities to show up in fighting it Ways to show up amid an ongoing pandemic Producer: Kay Ferguson Technical Director: Graham Smith White Co-Producers: Sun Sing Collective Instructors: Virginia ARTivists #SUNSiNG #ARTivismVA #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #noACP #noCPS #noC4GT #HIPCheck #WEWILLWIN

2021

On December 11, 2021, more than three hundred water protectors gathered at Dogwood Dell Amphitheater in Richmond, Virginia for a Violation Vigil to bring visual and spoken witness to the hundreds of harmful water violations already committed by the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Their conclusion? The State Water Control Board must not approve a new water permit for this fracked gas construction project when it meets Tuesday, December 14 in Richmond. The Violation Vigil featured keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II of the Poor People’s Campaign and Repairers of the Breach, as well as coalition leaders, powerful musical performances, puppetry and art. Perhaps most powerful was the reading by 300 individuals from across the region of one documented violation - where and when it occurred and what kind of damage was caused. This ritual gave voice to a large and diverse community of mutual respect and fierce determination. If completed, MVP greenhouse gas emissions would equal 23 coal fired power plants and would damage the habitats of endangered and threatened species, inevitably adding more harm and further clogging of pristine and sensitive waterways with sediment and construction runoff. The Virginia State Water Control Board will vote to either approve or deny this Clean Water Act permit on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. Water protectors are needed. Details are below: State Water Control Board Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 10:00 AM Gallery, Community College Workforce Alliance 1651 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228 The Violation Vigil to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline featured: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II Co- Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival President, Repairers of the Breach Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck 7 Directions of Service Russell Chisholm Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR) Delegate Sam Rasoul Virginia House of Delegates, 11th District David Sligh Conservation Director, Wild Virginia Emily Satterwhite Appalachians Against Pipelines Sonya Taylor Sunrise Movement Roanoke Yara Allen Director of Theomusicology & Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach Co-Director of Theomusicology & Movement Arts, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Joe Troop No BS! Brass Band Members of After Jack & of the SUN SiNG Collective “Weaving Waters” was written by Bernadette “BJ” Lark and performed by the SUN SiNG Collective. Videography: Sarah Hazlegrove Films The Violation Vigil Project was a collaboration between 7 Directions of Service, Appalachian Voices, ARTivism Virginia, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Earthfolk Collective, Food & Water Watch, Friends of Buckingham, Green New Deal Virginia, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Protect Our Water Heritage Rights, Repairers of the Breach, Richmond Interfaith Climate Justice League, S.A.V.E., Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, Virginia Organizing, & Wild Virginia. Visit ARTivism Virginia on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/artivismvirginia Instagram: www.instagram.com/artivism_virginia Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia YouTube:    / artivismvirginia   #TimeToChooseOurFuture #WaterIsLife #ManiBiwa #ManiEnIse #NoMVP #NoMVPSouthgate #WEWILLWIN

2021

*TWO-YEAR UPDATE* - July 2023 - Coalition call to action to fight MVP & MVP Southgate As construction begins again on the Mountain Valley Pipeline mainline, MVP Southgate is seeking to gain an extension of its FERC certificate and will be applying to gain needed permits to be built through Rockingham and Alamance counties, North Carolina. It must be stopped! Sign on at http://www.stopmvpsouthgate.com to stay connected with frontlines resistance, learn about opportunities to engage, and stay tuned for calls to action! WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2023, 6:30PM EDT Zoom FERC Comment Writing Party w/ 7 Directions of Service Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... SUNDAY, JULY 16TH, 2023, 3-5PM EDT Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC No MVP Southgate Community Event w/ 7 Directions of Service! https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop... Sign up with and follow: 7 Directions of Service http://www.7directionsorservice.org Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights Coalition (POWHR) http://www.powhr.org Appalachian Voices http://www.appvoices.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rest in power, Chief John Blackfeather Jeffries of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. We deeply appreciated his support of the community resistance to MVP Southgate and the making of this short film. - ARTivism Virginia, January 2023 From the Bundle of Arrows gathering, 2021: We are inviting all two-leggeds working to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, MVP Southgate extension, and the proposed Lambert Compressor station to join us for the “Bundle of Arrows” gathering near Burlington, North Carolina on the weekend of August 27th & 28th. For more details, register here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sout... Facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/1CJYP0L7K For safety's sake and due to the recent surge in the COVID Delta variant, we have amended our first plan for a three day encampment as below. Friday, August 27th, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (ONLINE): Workshops for indigenous leaders and environmental activists. Workshops will include: Free Prior Informed Consent Health Effects of Fracking, How to Lobby and Rights of Nature. Schedule to follow registration. Saturday, August 28th, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: We will gather near Burlington, NC for a COVID-safe rally, art share and concert. (Outdoors, masks & vaccinations required for our children’s safety.) Register and stay tuned for more information. Musical Guests include: Alexis Raeana & Charly Lowry (duo) http://www.alexisraeana.com http://www.charlylowry.com/ Høly River https://www.holyrivermusic.com Joshua Vana, Co-Director of ARTivism Virginia    • "To The River" – The SUN SiNG Collective (...   MC & Spoken Word: Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck Let us honor our responsibility to Mother Earth by joining our power and our voices to stop Mountain Valley Pipeline, MVP Southgate, and the proposed Lambert Compressor Station. Follow 7 Directions of Service here: https://7directionsofservice.com   / 7directionsofservice     / 7directionsofservice   And ARTivism Virginia here:    / artivismvirginia     / artivismvirginia     / artivism_virginia   Videography by Sarah Hazlegrove Music: "Weaving Waters" Written By Bernadette "BJ" Lark Performed by the SUN SiNG Collective #BundleOfArrows #TogetherWeAreStronger #7DirectionsOfService #ARTivism #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #WaterIsLife #ManiBiwa #WEWILLWIN

2021

*TWO-YEAR UPDATE* - July 2023 - Coalition call to action to fight MVP & MVP Southgate As construction begins again on the Mountain Valley Pipeline mainline, MVP Southgate is seeking to gain an extension of its FERC certificate and will be applying to gain needed permits to be built through Rockingham and Alamance counties, North Carolina. It must be stopped! Sign on at http://www.stopmvpsouthgate.com to stay connected with frontlines resistance, learn about opportunities to engage, and stay tuned for calls to action! WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2023, 6:30PM EDT Zoom FERC Comment Writing Party w/ 7 Directions of Service Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... SUNDAY, JULY 16TH, 2023, 3-5PM EDT Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC No MVP Southgate Community Event w/ 7 Directions of Service! https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop... Sign up with and follow: 7 Directions of Service http://www.7directionsorservice.org Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights Coalition (POWHR) http://www.powhr.org Appalachian Voices http://www.appvoices.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We cannot stand by and watch a fossil fuel corporation, and politicians line their pockets as so much is destroyed, producing fracked gas we don’t need. Inviting all two-leggeds working to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, its Southgate extension, and the proposed Lambert Compressor Station to join us for Bundle of Arrows. Register for our August 27th and 28th Bundle of Arrows events here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sout... For safety's sake and due to the recent surge in the COVID Delta variant, we have amended our first plan for a three day encampment as below. Once you register, more details, times and directions will be emailed. Friday, August 27th, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM: Workshops and trainings for indigenous leaders and environmental activists. Offerings will include: Free Prior Informed Consent Workshop, Health Effects of Fracking, How to Lobby and Rights of Nature. Schedule to follow registration. Saturday, August 28th, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: We will gather near Burlington, NC for a COVID-safe rally, art share and concert (Outdoors, Masks & Vaccinations Required = Our Childen’s Safety). Register and stay tuned for more information. Musical Guests so far: Alexis Raeana & Charly Lowry, Høly River, Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck, and Joshua Vana. More to come. Let us join our power and our voices to say that this is the season that MVP, MVP Southgate and the Lambert Compressor Station end. Follow 7 Directions of Service here: https://7directionsofservice.com   / 7directionsofservice     / 7directionsofservice   And ARTivism Virginia here:    / artivismvirginia     / artivismvirginia     / artivism_virginia   Videography by Sarah Hazlegrove #BundleOfArrows #TogetherWeAreStronger #7DirectionsOfService #ARTivism #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #WEWILLWIN

2021

“Bundle of Arrows” was an indigenous-led convergence of all two leggeds resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline, MVP Southgate, and the proposed Lambert Compressor Station held on August 28th, 2021 near Mebane, NC. This invitation to resist these destructive, harmful and unnecessary project remains open. **TWO-YEAR UPDATE** - July 2023 - Coalition call to action to fight MVP & MVP Southgate As construction begins again on the Mountain Valley Pipeline mainline, MVP Southgate is seeking to gain an extension of its FERC certificate and will be applying to gain needed permits to be built through Rockingham and Alamance counties, North Carolina. It must be stopped! Sign on at http://www.stopmvpsouthgate.com to stay connected with frontlines resistance, learn about opportunities to engage, and stay tuned for calls to action! *WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2023, 6:30PM EDT* Zoom FERC Comment Writing Party w/ 7 Directions of Service Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... *SUNDAY, JULY 16TH, 2023, 3-5PM EDT* Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC No MVP Southgate Community Event w/ 7 Directions of Service! https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop... Sign up with and follow: 7 Directions of Service http://www.7directionsorservice.org Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights Coalition (POWHR) http://www.powhr.org Appalachian Voices http://www.appvoices.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original call to action from August 2021: Register here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sout... Details and directions will follow registration. Friday, Aug 27th, 3:00 PM - Evening: Indigenous Leaders Roundtable Saturday, Aug 28th: TBD - Workshops, Speakers, Rally and ARTivism Virginia Art Build & Concert Sunday, Aug 29th: TBD - Bundle of Arrows March for Unity For more, please follow 7 Directions of Service: https://7directionsofservice.com   / 7directionsofservice     / 7directionsofservice   #BundleOfArrows #TogetherWeAreStronger #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #NoCompressorStation #DoomToThePipelines #WaterIsLife #ManiBawa #OurAirOurLives #WEWILLWIN Videography by Sarah Hazlegrove

2021

**Take action now to stop the MVP/MVP Southgate fossil fuel projects in our region!** The May 2nd, 2021 No MVP/No MVP Southgate Water Walk was a true gathering. Skillful and welcoming indigenous leadership created embodied witness by gathering environmental protectors across race, tribe, gender, faith and across state and national borders. To join resistance to these destructive, unjust and unneeded fracked gas infrastructure projects take these two steps now. 1. SIGN THIS “7 DIRECTIONS OF SERVICE” PETITION TO BIDEN TO STOP MVP/MVP SOUTHGATE: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/t... 2. JOIN THE NAACP WEBINAR ON JUNE 29, 7:30 PM - 9 PM Community Conversation: Pittsylvania Lambert Compressor Station - What You Need To Know - Register here today to learn how to help stop Lambert at the early July Virginia DEQ air permit hearing: https://secure.everyaction.com/q9xPby... Facebook event here:   / 507632070446891   On May 2, small teams walked, paddled, or biked the entire proposed Mountain Valley Southgate route. 7 Directions of Service, which led the Water Walk, collaborated with the Pittsylvania County, Virginia NAACP Environmental Justice Committee to begin the day near the proposed site of the Lambert Compressor Station which plans to connect the MVP Southgate to the MVP main line - a bridge from nothing to nowhere. Bring your voice and action to this diverse community resisting new fossil fuel infrastructure in our region by taking the actions above. 7 Directions of Service: https://7directionsofservice.com/ Pittsylvania County, VA NAACP http://naacppittsyco.org/ #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #WaterIsLife #IndigenousLeadership #WEWILLWIN

2021

The Water Quilt Project invites you to the Water Quilt Project Convergence, Saturday, July 10th, from 3-5PM, at the Newport Community Center, 434 Blue Grass Trail, Newport, VA 24128 (60 min from Roanoke, 15 min from Blacksburg). More info here:   / 2971453069769507   Over 80 squares were created and have now been assembled into three beautiful water quilts as a way to honor and protect the waterways threatened by the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Mountain Valley Southgate. Join us and members of the SUN SiNG Collective in a gathering of story and song. Project creators will speak and all of us together will add finishing touches and make future plans for our Water Quilts. This convergence event will be outdoors and will follow pandemic safe protocols with masking and social distancing encouraged. Bathrooms will be available. Bring your own food, water, or picnic basket. The Water Quilt Project is produced by ARTivism Virginia in collaboration with Appalachian Voices, the POWHR Coalition (Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights), the Haw River Assembly (NC) and Preserve Monroe (WV). For more on the Water Quilt Project, please visit: https://www.waterquiltproject.org And sign up to participate in the project at: https://www.tinyurl.com/WaterQuiltPro... Bernadette "BJ" Lark wrote "Weaving Waters" for our Water Quilt Project with arrangement and performance by the SUN SiNG Collective. What you see here are the early quilt squares from across our region, in protection of the communities, water, land, and air threatened by the Mountain Valley Pipeline and MVP Southgate. #QuiltingResistance #WaterIsLife #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #WeaveWillWin

2021

Join ARTivism Virginia and the SUN SiNG Collective on #EarthDay2021 at 7PM Eastern for one hour of music, spoken word, and action opportunities as we stay connected in resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, united in our fights for environmental justice, and in together in solidarity for a livable future! ------- SPECIAL GUESTS for April 22nd, 2021 ------- *Høly River* http://www.holyrivermusic.com *Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck* *Kay Ferguson* ------- ACTION ALERT ------- Sign up today for the No MVP Southgate Pipeline Water Walk on Sunday, May 2nd! https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-mvp-southgate-pipeline-water-walk https://www.facebook.com/events/481129893323646/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JOIN ARTIVISM’S WATER QUILT PROJECT: https://www.waterquiltproject.org Follow the Water Quilt Project here: http://www.facebook.com/artivismvirginia/ Our partners in the Water Quilt Project: - Appalachian Voices: http://www.appvoices.org/ - POWHR Coaltion: http://www.powhr.org/ - Haw River Assembly: http://www.hawriver.org/ - Preserve Monroe: http://indiancreekwatershedassociation.org/preservemonroe ------- IN THIS PROGRAM ------- “Ain’t Gonna Lie” Composed by Bernadette “BJ” Lark & Camry HD Arranged & performed by the SUN SiNG Collective “Blue Ridge Mountain” Composed by Alynda Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff) Performed by Høly River with Graham Smith-White Inter-Tribal Women’s Honoring Song Performed by Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck “I Hear Them All” Written by Ketch Secor & David Rawlings Performed by the SUN SiNG Collective “Høly River” Composed by Laney Sullivan & Jameson Price (Høly River) Performed by the SUN SiNG Collective “Weaving Waters” Composed by Bernadette “BJ” Lark with the SUN SiNG Collective Grandmother’s Honoring Song from Tuscarora singer Pura Fe Performed by Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck “Which Side Are You On?” Composed by Florence Reece Additional lyrics & arrangement by the SUN SiNG Collective “And it’s a...” / “Pandemic Spring II” / “The Day’s Motion” Written and read by Kay Ferguson “Elevate” Composed by Bernadette “BJ” Lark Arranged & performed by Bernadette “BJ” Lark, Gabe Gavin, Camry Harris & Joshua Vana “You Are Not Alone” Written by Jeff Tweedy Performed by Joshua Vana “Water Is Life” Composed by Bernadette “BJ” Lark Additional Composition by CamryHD Arranged & performed by the SUN SiNG Collective Watch “Water Is Life” again here: https://youtu.be/hSL9m7IOKuE Stream here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3NWYhiGnLdoGcN3E7qQMRW?si=xB7U0LXeSqO4oqYCPVBwWg Download here to benefit the POWHR Coalition: https://sunsingcollective.bandcamp.com/track/water-is-life - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit ARTivism Virginia on: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/artivismvirginia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artivism_virginia Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artivismvirginia Vimeo https://www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The SUN SiNG Collective was formed in 2019 as a project of ARTivism Virginia, featuring visual artists & musicians using their art to support the fight against the Mountain Valley and the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUN SiNG iN PLACE: An ARTivism Virginia Concert Producer: Joshua Vana Technical Director: Graham Smith-White Co-producers: SUN SiNG Collective members Bernadette "BJ" Lark, Camry Harris, Emily Blankenship-Tucker, Gabe Gavin, Graham Smith-White, Laney Sullivan, Lilly Bechtel, and Joshua Vana, ARTivism Virginia Co-Director Kay Ferguson Projects of SUN SiNG Collective members: Camry Harris: https://www.facebook.com/camryhd-106381804491068 Emily Blankenship-Tucker: https://www.afterjackband.com/ Gabe Gavin: Bhakti Boyz - https://www.facebook.com/bhaktiboyz/; Positive Collective - https://www.facebook.com/PositiveCollective/ Graham Smith-White: https://www.solarpoweredmusic.com/ Laney Sullivan: https://www.holyrivermusic.com/ Lilly Bechtel: https://www.lillybechtel.com/ Kay Ferguson: https://www.facebook.com/waterislifeprotectit/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #EarthDay #ARTivism #SUNSiNGiNPLACE #WaterIsLife #noMVP #noMVPSouthgate #noCPS #noC4GT #noDAPL #StopLine3 #noByhaliaPipeline #WEWILLWIN

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"Water Is Life" is the second original recording by the SUN SiNG Collective, written by and featuring Bernadette "BJ" Lark and CamryHD. Inspired by indigenous-led resistance to the fossil fuel industry, "Water Is Life" was produced by ARTivism Virginia, a volunteer organization which provides a supported connection between artists and activists resisting new fossil fuel infrastructure in Virginia and the surrounding region. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3NWYhi... Download on Bandcamp to benefit POWHR - Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights: https://sunsingcollective.bandcamp.co... For more info on POWHR, please visit: https://www.powhr.org “Water Is Life” was filmed on these waters: Little Stony Creek & Sinking Creek, Giles County, VA (threatened by the Mountain Valley Pipeline) Chickahominy River, Charles City County, VA (threatened by the proposed Chickahominy Power Station and C4GT power plant) Back Bay, Shipps Bay, & Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach, VA (threatened by climate change) Thousands more are threatened by the fossil fuel industry and climate change. So what we gonna do? #CleanItUp ------- ------- ------- Visit ARTivism Virginia on: Instagram   / artivism_virginia   Facebook   / artivismvirginia   Vimeo https://www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia ------- ------- ------- “WATER IS LIFE” Composed by Bernadette "BJ" Lark Additional composition: CamryHD Arranged and performed by the SUN SiNG Collective Bernadette “BJ” Lark (vocals) CamryHD (drums, percussion, vocals) Emily Blankenship-Tucker (vocals, electric piano) Gabe Gavin (drums, percussion) Graham Smith-White (bass, percussion) Joshua Vana (guitar) Laney Sullivan (vocals, percussion) Lilly Bechtel (vocals) Also featuring: Jonah Kane West on electric organ And the Water Is Life Choir of Roanoke & Ferrum, VA, under the direction of Bernadette “BJ” Lark and Emily Blankenship-Tucker: Amazetta Anderson Sylena Cammack Chereice Davis Khyree English Jamie Gilbert Alanjha Harris Promise Harris Raihma Harris DeRon Lark Erica Leed Alexander Lyons Haley Moore Janice Ramsey Semirah Staton Camrya Vo Artistic Director: Joshua Vana Producer: Kay Ferguson Cinematography & Editing: Patrick Fitzgerald Additional cinematography: Stace Carter Recorded by: Patrick Cavanagh & Jordan Harman at the Jefferson Center Music Lab, Roanoke VA (December 2019) Graham Smith-White at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, Callaway, VA (March 2020) and Native Pond, Ivy, VA (Summer 2020) Jonah Kane West, Richmond, VA (March 2020) Mixed and edited by Graham Smith-White and Joshua Vana at White Star Sound, Louisa, VA Mastered at Tonal Park, Takoma Park, MD Special thanks to: Jordan Harman & students of Jefferson Center Music Lab Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, Callaway, VA Russell Chisholm of the POWHR Coalition Lynn Peace Wilson Chris Keup of White Star Sound Virginia Greene Illustration Stace Carter Geoff Luck In loving memory of Reverend Robert Dilday of the Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice #WaterIsLife ​#SUNSiNG​ #ARTivismVA​ #noMVP​ #noMVPSouthgate​ #noCPS​ #noC4GT​ #noDAPL​ #StopLine3​ #NoByhaliaPipeline​ #WEWILLWIN​ © 2021 The SUN SiNG Collective

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