Author Archives: Stop the Money Pipeline
Webinar
Webinar: How Wall Street Giant BlackRock is Financing Climate Crisis, Migration, and the Deportation Machine
Jul
BlackRock is one of the world’s most dangerous companies when it comes to climate change because their role is often hidden behind layers of financial sponsorship. This webinar explains the role they play — and what you can do to fight back. This webinar focuses on: How the climate crisis fuels migration and creates climate […]
Jul
New York, NY — Morgan Stanley announced today that it will become the first major American bank to track and report the greenhouse gas emissions from its loans and investments as part of the bank’s own contribution to the climate crisis. According to reporting by Politico, Morgan Stanley will join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting […]
Jul
By funding fossil fuel companies and projects, banks press the gas pedal on climate change. They fuel harm to communities sited near fossil fuel projects, as well as to communities that are already feeling the hurt from our warming climate. In recognition of our growing movement, many banks have taken steps away from coal or […]
Jul
The United States became the wealthiest country in the world as a direct result of land-theft, the genocide of Indigenous people and the free labor of enslaved people. To understand how this history continues to manifest we hosted this webinar. It’s vital we understand how the finance industry continues to use its disproportionate power to […]
Jun
This blog post was written by two Stop the Money Pipeline steering committee members, Moira Birss, Climate & Finance Director at Amazon Watch, and Jamie Henn, coordinator of the STMP communications working group. Should climate activists get behind defunding the police? It’s a question that’s being asked across the climate justice movement as the Movement […]
Jun
Social change doesn’t just happen, it happens because people decide to make change. Learn how to use art in your campaign — activism moves the material world, but art moves the body, heart and soul. This webinar focuses on: Virtual Actions: We can still make art and take action together online with virtual art builds, […]
Jun
Protests are underway at Chase bank branches in the city of Chicago, where a recent report showed that of the $7.5 billion in home purchase loans Chase has provided since 2012, only 1.9% has gone to Black neighborhoods. “If your dollar goes into [Chase] Bank … you are funding your oppression,” said activist Ja’Mal Green, […]