CEE to Join Women’s Water Walk to Stop Constitution Pipeline
CEE is excited to co-sponsor the Women’s Water Walk, a 113 mile women-led prayer walk to stop the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The walk, which men are also encouraged to join and support, begins August 8 near Damascus, N.Y., and will continue for two weeks, until August 23, through towns along the proposed pipeline route. Walkers will sing, camp and tend sacred fires along the way—and we will develop a list of solutions, actions and legislative agendas. Together, we will focus on not only what we seek to stop ,but also on what we are trying to build.
The Women’s Water Walk website affirms why we are walking:
Led by the women, we are walking the path of this proposed pipeline through the ancestral territories of the Lenape, Susquehannock and Haudenosaunee Peoples with a prayer of transformation—to turn this pipeline route into a songline of remembrance of the truths that we hold to be self-evident.
We the People affirm our rights under Article I, Section 19 of the New York State Constitution to clean air, water, and a healthful environment; and under the U.S. Declaration of Independence to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was 250 years ago, in 1776, that the United States of America came into being based on these principles, nourished by the original beauty and spirit of this land.
We refuse to allow these projects that put profit over life. We choose thriving communities, rich soil, productive farms, abundant fish, waterfalls, wildlife, clean water, healthy air, a stable climate and the rich biodiversity of our forests.
Our symbol is the blue heron, a sacred water bird of these lands that reminds us of our right to self-determination and how to live in balance—guided by thoughtful, deliberate action.
People of all faiths and traditions are invited to walk and join our collective prayer for the water and for all life.
