Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT): Difference between revisions

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Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) introduces itself with the line, "Building a just & sustainable economy through nonviolent direct action", and gives the following descriptive information:

Earth Quaker Action Team is a grassroots, nonviolent action group including Quakers and people of diverse beliefs, who join with millions of people around the world fighting for a just and sustainable economy.

Climate change is already causing deadly droughts, floods, and other extreme weather. If we do not take immediate action, the results could be catastrophic. At the same time, income inequality is reaching historic heights. Working class communities and communities of color are facing staggering levels of unemployment as businesses and the wealthy profit. We believe that there are better ways of doing business that reduce climate change and produce good jobs.

EQAT's actions nonviolently confront the people who benefit from the current energy system, boldly challenging them to turn away from fossil fuels. EQAT uses nonviolent direct action because it works.

Info

Volunteer: Volunteer
Event Calendar: Events
Video and Photos
Blog

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+{{toplink|url=http://www.eqat.org|name=eqat.org}}'''Earth Quaker Action Team''' (EQAT) introduces itself with the line, "Building a just & sustainable economy through nonviolent direct action", and {{gives}}<blockquote>Earth Quaker Action Team is a grassroots, nonviolent action group including Quakers and people of diverse beliefs, who join with millions of people around the world fighting for a just and sustainable economy.<br><br>Climate change is already causing deadly droughts, floods, and other extreme weather. If we do not take immediate action, the results could be catastrophic. At the same time, income inequality is reaching historic heights. Working class communities and communities of color are facing staggering levels of unemployment as businesses and the wealthy profit. We believe that there are better ways of doing business that reduce climate change and produce good jobs.<br><br>EQAT's actions nonviolently confront the people who benefit from the current energy system, boldly challenging them to turn away from fossil fuels. EQAT uses nonviolent direct action because it works.</blockquote>
-* '''Earth Quaker Action Team''' includes Quakers and people of diverse beliefs using nonviolent direct action to build a just and sustainable economy.
-* EQAT (pronounced “equate”) won its first campaign in 2015, forcing PNC Bank to halt millions of dollars of financing to companies engaged in mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
+==Info==
-* Following that success, EQAT’s new campaign is pressuring local utility PECO to Power Local Green Jobs through solar expansion, particularly in North Philadelphia.
+*Volunteer:&nbsp;[http://www.eqat.org/volunteer Volunteer]
-[[Category:Is-Advocacy_Organization]][[Category:Is-Advocacy_Organization]][[Category:Issue-Solar Energy]]
+*Event Calendar:&nbsp;[http://www.eqat.org/events Events]
-[[Category:Issue-Green Jobs]]
+*[http://www.eqat.org/photo_gallery Video and Photos]
-[[Category:Using-Volunteers]]
+*[http://www.eqat.org/blog Blog]
-[[Category:Using-Nonviolent Direct Action]]
-[[Category:Issue-Environment]][[Category:Issue-Sustainability]]
+== See Also ==
+*[[POWER - Interfaith Coalition]]
+*[[Viking Economics by George Lakey]]
+<!--Note: I met Joan Broadfield as a solicitor for EQAT-->
+[[Category:Does-Collective_Action]][[Category:Does-Event_Calendar]][[Category:Does-Nonviolent Direct Action]]
+[[Category:Is-Advocacy_Organization]]
+[[Category:Issue-Corporate_Accountability]][[Category:Issue-Environment]][[Category:Issue-Green_Jobs]][[Category:Issue-Solar_Energy]][[Category:Issue-Sustainability]]
+[[Category:Using-Nonviolent_Direct_Action]][[Category:Using-Volunteers]]
+[[Category:Does-Direct Action]]
+[[Category:Does-Political_Education]][[Category:Does-Policy_Development]]