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Here's what you can do TODAY to escalate the pressure on the big four banks to stop financing dirty fossil fuels. 

1. 1. Join one of the roughly 100 events to "Stop Dirty Banks" TODAY! You can check the map for new and updated events, or just grab 1-2 friends, print out a sign, and head to your local bank branch! Make the connection between cash in the dirty banks and carbon pollution and climate impacts. Click here for downloadable signs, slogans for homemade signs, chants and more. 
   2. Send a fax letter to Bank CEOs: Click on the link, edit the letter to the CEOs, and hit send. It may be easy for the CEOs to ignore lots of emails coming in to a bank email address. Fax machines ringing off the hook – not so much. Let's jam up their fax machines! Click here to send your fax to the Bank CEOs.
   3. Post your photos and concerns on social media: Use #StopDirtyBanks, #ActOnClimate, #32123. Tag the banks: @Citibank, @WellsFargo, @BankOfAmerica, and @Chase or just use the quick links below
      1. Share on Facebook
      2. Share on Twitter
      3. Share on Instagram

More info and resources if you need them:

• Read up on banks and the day of action.
• Sign the petition to pension managers asking them to vote to defund fossil fuels and protect indigenous rights this spring.

See you at the bank,

Drew and the 198 methods of direct action, and divestment is one.

Sources & more info:

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/us-banks-climate-crisis-redlining-poor-communities
2. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/rocking-chair-rebellion-day-of-action 
3. https://www.198methods.org/2023/02/15/break-up-with-bad-banks/
4. https://www.198methods.org/tag/divest/

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