Black Lives Matter.
We stand in support with our Black relatives against systematic racism, violence and murder of Black people. As an organization working towards a similar regard of Indigenous Sovereignty we have a vested interest in Black Liberation. Intersectional environmentalism through deliberate acts of racism limits and eliminates basic human needs by strategically placing Superfund sites near and upon BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) in urban and rural settings. Access to clean water, air and land is for BIPOC will provide us all with continued access to those basic human needs. To take care of the land is to learn from her, and act appropriately in giving back more than you take, an ethic for future generations. Here at River Newe our hope is to disrupt the status quo of the industrial education system fitting students to become part of an economy of extraction. Rather we want to break cycles of being separated from nature, our sacred Mother Earth, and stop destroying her for short-term profits. Black Liberation is our liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty is our sovereignty. Let’s work towards a stronger sense of place and freedoms.