CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network, Author at Community Peacemaker Teams

Gary Wassaykeesic speaks into a microphone. He's wearing a black hoodie and there is a Mohawk flag behind him.

Land Defender criminalized for solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network March 3, 2022

Toronto police target and intimidate Indigenous Land Defenders, surveilling and traumatizing them for months after events.

Police stand in front of Convoy protestors who hold flags that say F*UCK TRUDEAU

The Freedom Convoy happened, what comes next?

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 21, 2022

In response to the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ CPT offers tangible action items to confront rising white supremacy, racist policing, and far-reaching emergency legislation in Canada.

No CO2 piplines protest outside government building

CPT joins movement against carbon pipelines

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 9, 2022

Indigenous and farming communities in Iowa come together to resist as corporate groups rush to jam through Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pipelines.

A school bus covered in snow at a blockade in Wet'suwet'en

The persistence of Wet’suwet’en Water Protectors

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 2, 2022

Land defenders and water protectors faithfully uphold their responsibilities to future generations while the government criminalizes them and favours the pipeline company.

construction netting is drawn across the entryway to a home. On the netting is a sign that reads TC ENERGY: no trespassing on Wet'suwet'en land.

Wet’suwet’en supporters ‘bring the message home,’ build construction site on pipeline executives’ front lawns

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network January 24, 2022

For immediate release Media Contacts:World BEYOND War – 647-769-2472, canada@worldbeyondwar.orgCommunity Peacemaker Teams – 647-339-0991, canada@cpt.org Toronto, Ontario, Canada — This morning, Toronto supporters of the Wet’suwet’en land

An image of a river flowing down the center, flanked by dense pine forest and a bright blue sky with lots of cloud cover.

Prayers for Peacemakers 22 December 2021 Turtle Island Solidarity Network

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network December 22, 2021

Pray that the solidarity actions happening across the country this week will have an impact

A wide shot shows two large back hoe machines and a small trailer in between them. The ground has been stripped to mud, and behind the machines there is dense green forest, and some changing yellow leaves on the left.

Prayers for Peacemakers 10 November 2021 Turtle Island Solidarity Network

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network November 10, 2021

Pray for Mother Earth as she is pillaged and plundered for resource extraction.

A school bus is parked on a gravel road, surrounded by forest. There is a wooden structure that comes out from the bus window and hangs over the ditch. A sign hangs from it that says No trespassing.

Ecumenical Letter of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network November 5, 2021

We urge the government to move forward on its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Nations.

Statement upon arrival to Wet’suwet’en

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network November 1, 2021

Today as we arrive in Wet’suwet’en Territory, we join the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders and demand an end to the CGL Pipeline and the state violence that accompanies it.

An image of a large dark river flowing off into the horizon. The sky is blue with big white clouds and there are thick pine tree forests on either side of the river.

Thanksgiving at Gidimt’en

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network October 14, 2021

“This is Gidimt’en territory! Get off our land!”

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network

Building Partnerships to Transform Violence and Oppression