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Here is a very moving letter from the Water Protectors at Standing Rock to the American government and peacefully asks for the human dignity and peace they deserve. Please take time to read it. Ann<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 23, 2017 12:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Will Parrish<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [mendonodaplsolidarity] Powerful letter collectively written</font>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485158407739_4735" dir="ltr">This letter written in unity by brave people at the camps of Standing Rock defines what all humans are entitled to everywhere on this precious planet. It is my prayer that all the hundreds of thousands
of people who demonstrated in support of women, social justice and the survival of Mother Earth on January 21 will realize that the women of Standing Rock epitomize this common global struggle everywhere and that these great numbers of people will descend
on Standing Rock en masse when the time is right to prevent the completion of the DAPL. <br>
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Jenny Burnstad, Fiscal Director<br>
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On Sunday, January 18, the Cloud Forest Institute board of directors held our first quarterly meeting of 2015. But this was not a typical meeting.</div>
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