<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t usually send out things …but this is pretty exciting! If you don’t feel called to sign, please send prayers for success..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">💗 Love, Judith<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialUnicodeMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;" class=""><br class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 20px 0px 0px; font-size: 0px; text-align: center;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); width: 600px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px; font-size: 0px; text-align: center; direction: ltr;" class=""><div class="email-inner" style="max-width: 600px; width: 600px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;" class=""><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/save_the_amazon_2023_loc/?bbPzLqb&v=149962&cl=20696253825&_checksum=2008b7387cc038659134ca8b4d522ca1712bae6032f7138fe66d7ddde23f069f" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class=""><img width="600" height="auto" src="https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/48844_TXAI_SURUI_5__1689858386_36410_3_600x300.jpg" alt="SIGN NOW" style="height: auto; border: 0px; line-height: 1; text-decoration: none; outline: none; display: block; width: 600px; font-size: 13px;" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class="">We are on the brink of a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">tipping point where the Amazon, my ancestral home, could become a dry wasteland</strong>. The Amazon's demise will ignite a carbon bomb and threaten our very existence. But a window of opportunity remains: Brazil's new president is gathering Amazon leaders for a historic summit, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">we have a once-in-a-generation chance to win key protections</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>against the loggers and miners fighting to keep the Amazon open for destruction.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Sign now join the People’s Declaration for the Amazon and I will deliver our voices straight to the summit:</strong></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 1;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ff0099" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 153); cursor: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/save_the_amazon_2023_loc/?bbPzLqb&v=149962&cl=20696253825&_checksum=2008b7387cc038659134ca8b4d522ca1712bae6032f7138fe66d7ddde23f069f" target="_blank" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 15px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 153); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">SIGN NOW</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; text-align: center;" class=""><div class="email-inner" style="max-width: 600px; width: 600px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class="">Dear friends,</div></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class="">My name is Txai Suruí. Just weeks ago,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">my mother and I were held hostage for five hours</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by illegal cattle ranchers.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">These men see me as their enemy</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>because I have dedicated my life to protecting the forest -- but<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">they don’t realize that I am fighting for them too</strong>.<br class=""><br class="">The Amazon, where my people have lived for more than 6,000 years, is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">close to an ecological tipping point that could turn the forest into a dry wasteland</strong>.<br class=""><br class="">If we don’t avert this collapse, it will flood the atmosphere with CO2, parch the Earth, and condemn 10,000 species to extinction. And<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">all of us -- Indigenous peoples, ranchers, people across Brazil and the entire world -- will struggle to survive</strong>.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">But a window of opportunity remains.</strong><strong class=""> </strong>Amazon leaders are gathering for a historic summit to defend the rainforest -- and it could actually work, if we can speak louder than the ranchers and convince them to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">protect 80% of the forest and fully recognize Indigenous lands</strong>.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Stand with me now to defend the forest</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that connects and sustains all of us, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">I will deliver our voices straight to leaders at the summit. Add your name now</strong>!</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;" class=""><div class="email-inner" style="max-width: 600px; width: 600px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;" class=""><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/save_the_amazon_2023_loc/?bbPzLqb&v=149962&cl=20696253825&_checksum=2008b7387cc038659134ca8b4d522ca1712bae6032f7138fe66d7ddde23f069f" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">JOIN THE PEOPLE’S DECLARATION TO SAVE THE AMAZON</a></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 25px 24px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><strong class="">My people, the Paiter Suruí, have been fighting for centuries to defend the forest,</strong>and we have been disappointed many times -- but<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">this summit has reawakened hope.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>After years of rampant deforestation, mining, and violence in the Amazon, governments seem ready to make real changes so people can exist in harmony with the forest.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Already the new government in Brazil cut deforestation by more than 60% in July</strong>compared to the year before, but it’s not enough: we can only avoid catastrophe if other nations join the effort to defend the Amazon. That’s why Avaaz is organizing its largest-ever Amazon campaign to pressure leaders into action: thanks to funding from Avaaz members, Indigenous communities from around Amazonia are heading to the negotiations to defend our home, and 9.1 million Avaaz signers are backing us around the world.<br class=""><br class="">This summit could<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">spark a huge regional effort to protect the rainforest,</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at the last possible moment to save it. But<strong class=""> we need the support of people everywhere, to face down the loggers and ranchers and save the ecosystem from collapse</strong>. So add your name to the People's Declaration now, and I will deliver our call straight to Amazon leaders at the summit.</div></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 25px 24px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;" class=""><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/save_the_amazon_2023_loc/?bbPzLqb&v=149962&cl=20696253825&_checksum=2008b7387cc038659134ca8b4d522ca1712bae6032f7138fe66d7ddde23f069f" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">JOIN THE PEOPLE’S DECLARATION TO SAVE THE AMAZON</a></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 25px 24px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class="">I have seen this community rise over and over again to help protect the rainforest. Together with allies, Avaaz has won protections and fought bad policies. Now, this Amazon Summit can be a chance to fast-track the protections the rainforest so much needs, and empower my people and other communities who live in it. Let's do this.<br class=""><br class="">With hope and determination, <br class=""><br class="">Txai Suruí and the entire Avaaz team</div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; width: 550px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); font-size: 1px;" class=""></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><strong class="">More information:</strong><br class=""><br class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/health-and-lifestyle/20230517-uk-director-indigenous-group-ambushed-in-brazil-activists" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">UK director, Indigenous group ambushed in Brazil: activists</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(RFI)</li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-offers-host-august-summit-amazon-rainforest-alliance-2023-04-06/" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">Brazil offers to host August summit for Amazon rainforest alliance</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Reuters)</li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/magazine/amazon-tipping-point.html" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">Has the Amazon Reached Its 'Tipping Point'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(New York Times)</li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/indigenous-solution-deforestation-amazon" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">An indigenous solution to deforestation in the Amazon</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(UNESCO)</li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/video/20221117-at-climate-summit-brazil-s-lula-promises-new-day-for-amazon" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);" class="">Video: At climate summit, Brazil's Lula promises new day for Amazon</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(France24)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 20px 0px; font-size: 0px; text-align: center; direction: ltr;" class=""><div class="email-inner" style="max-width: 600px; width: 600px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 25px 24px; font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(173, 173, 173); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" class=""><strong class="">Avaaz is a 70-million-person global campaign network</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. 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