The Ruckus Society & Save the Peaks Coalition Take Action!
Sacred Sites are the heart of Indigenous culture. The San Francisco Peaks, outside of Flagstaff, AZ, is sacred to over 22 tribes in the Southwest. The U.S. Forest Service and the Arizona Snowbowl are poised to desecrate this mountain by expanding the existing ski-resort by clear-cutting 74 acres of old-growth pine and using reclaimed sewage water to make fake snow.
The Save the Peaks Coalition has come together to stand up for the human rights of Indigenous people and prevent this from happening. 13 tribes and environmental groups have been in an ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Forest Service and Arizona Snowbowl, and on September 14th, 2006, this trial comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Tribal citizens and supporters from Flagstaff and Reservation Communities plan to caravan to S.F. for days of prayer and action leading up to the court date.
Go here and help bring young Native leaders to San Francisco to protect this sacred mountain.
Show your support by coming out to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in SF on September 14th!
If you can't make it, donate so that others can. Support Ruckus and add your voice to this campaign.
The Ruckus Society in the News
Quarantine Wal-Mart in the New York Times"Week in Review." (August 20, 2006) "Wal-Mart is under attack for paying too little, providing benefits that are too small and even exploiting illegal immigrants. Laws have been written with Wal-Mart in mind, and more are being proposed."
Not Your Soldier in Wiretap, the online magazine for progressive youth. (July 28, 2006) Not Your Soldier gets attention for its innovative youth-led work fighting the poverty draft.
Tannen Maury/European Pressphoto Agency
A NEW CAMPAIGN Protesters against Wal-Mart in Illinois this summer objected to the health care coverage provided to workers.
