Toppling Fossil Fuel Giants

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Toppling Fossil Fuel Giants

September 27 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Stories of Community Triumph,
A night with Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson

A collage image of text, photography, and graphics promoting an event in Portland, OR. The text reads, Toppling Fossil Fuel Giants. Stories of Community Triumph. Spend an evening with Tennessee Representative Justin J. Pearson and local environmental justice advocates to learn about past victories and current fights against the fossil fuel industry. Friday, September 27. Doors 6pm.

Join PNW activists and organizations as we host Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson to learn about his community’s triumph against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline project in Southwest Memphis. Hear from local environmental justice advocates about past victories in our region and the fight against Zenith Energy currently underway in Portland right now.

Toppling Fossil Fuel Giants: Stories of Community Triumph
An Evening with Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson
September 27th – Doors open at 6 p.m.
Augustana Lutheran Church, 2710 NE 14th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97212
Register Here: bit.ly/topplingFFgiants

Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson will be joined on stage by Oregon State Rep. Khanh Pham, Allie Rosenbluth from Oil Change International, Karlen Yallup and Elijah Cetas from the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, Kate Murphy from Columbia Riverkeeper, and Nick Caleb from Breach Collective.

Get your free tickets here. Registration is encouraged; there will be overflow room but unregistered guests cannot be guaranteed a seat. Registration will be available at the door if seats remain.

We hope you will join us in gathering with community to celebrate the power we can wield when we come together. And shoutout to the PDX NAACP for bringing Representative Pearson out to Portland! This will be a weekend that we remember.

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Date:
September 27
Time:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm