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Fossil Free Future Festival: Joyful Resistance to Chevron

May 17 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Chevron’s shadow has loomed over Richmond since its inception, but now we are dreaming of a future beyond fossil fuels, where Richmond is for the People, Not Chevron. We are moving from an extractive economy to a regenerative one, where our community owns its land, labor, and local food systems.

We are gathering for a rolling festival and concert: live music from local artists and a giant statue will roll through the streets of Richmond to uplift the struggles of indigenous land and water protectors, organizers from the front lines here in Richmond and across the continent, to Chevron’s role in attacks on Palestinians, and to bring art and joy to resisting Chevron’s attempts to shape our local and global economies for their shareholders’ profits.

This festival is a celebration of our collective power to build the “sacred middle” work of transformation—ensuring that as we phase out fossil fuels, we cultivate a regenerative society that returns power to the people and puts the health of our earth above corporate profit.

  • 11:00am Indigenous Opening Ceremony at Keller Beach
  • 12:00pm Festival at Judge Carroll Park
  • 1:00pm – 2pm Rolling Festival March

This event will be the 13th annual gathering of Anti-Chevron Day, which historically has uplifted voices of communities around the world that seek accountability from the global oil giant for the destruction they have caused.

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Sponsored by: Richmond Our Power Coalition, Idle No More SF Bay, Oil and Gas Action Network (OGAN), Rich City Rays, Amazon Watch, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Tiny House Warriors, Fencelines Project, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), BDS Movement, Boycott Chevron Campaign, Sacred Places Institute, Richmond Shoreline Alliance, Richmond 4 Palestine and more.

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