Sharon Delgado

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Category: Indigenous rights

  • Local Grandmothers Highlight Intergenerational Pipeline Struggle

    Local Grandmothers Highlight Intergenerational Pipeline Struggle

    In late May, I travelled to Minnesota by train with three other local grandmothers, Janie Kesselman, Shirley Osgood, and Joyce Banzhaf, to join a 31-member delegation of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations. Our purpose was to highlight the intergenerational nature of the struggle to stop construction of the Enbridge Line 3 dirty tar sands oil…

  • Conflicting Worldviews at the Global Climate Action Summit

    Progressive Christian Social Action Conflicting Worldviews at the Global Climate Action Summit I’ve been back from San Francisco for a week now, and I’m still processing all that I learned and experienced at the Soil Not Oil Conference, faith-based workshops on climate change at Grace Cathedral, affinity group and spokes council meetings, and three demonstrations…

  • In Sacramento With the Poor People’s Campaign

    Progressive Christian Social Action In Sacramento With the Poor People’s Campaign For the past several weeks, I have been going to Sacramento on Mondays to join in the Poor People’s Campaign demonstrations at the California State Capitol. Similar demonstrations are taking place across the country at over thirty state capitols and in Washington, D.C. The…

  • Standing Rock Trial Update: Court Solidarity Success

    Progressive Christian Social Action Standing Rock Trial Update:  Court Solidarity Success One year ago today, I was arrested at Standing Rock Reservation with three local friends–Janie Kesselman, Shirley Osgood, and Christy Hanson–and over twenty-five other people at a Water Protectors’ action.  We were taken to several different North Dakota jails, then released on bail.  We all…

  • Standing Rock Victory and Trial Updates

    Progressive Christian Action Blog Standing Rock Victory and Trial Updates People who have supported the Standing Rock Sioux in their struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline are celebrating a victory, as we hear the news that a federal judge ruled on June 14 that the Army Corps of Engineers must review the permits that allowed…

  • Another Dam is Not a Solution to Climate Change

    The excessive rainfall that we have experienced recently is something that we can expect with climate change.  As average global temperatures rise, weather patterns are thrown off balance. We can’t know whether a particular extreme weather event is caused by such warming, but we do know that it makes such events statistically more likely. In…

  • Preparing for Trial in North Dakota

    UPDATE:  My trial has been postponed until February or March, because there are so many court cases.  Shirley’s trial is now scheduled for Jan. 31, together with Janie and Christy’s.  Their trials could be postponed as well.   As the New Year approaches, four of us from Nevada County who were arrested in November during…

  • Light in the Darkness of a Trump Presidency

    My birthday falls during the darkest time of the year.  Then, almost immediately, the Winter Solstice is here.  We celebrate the dawning of the light and the days start getting longer.  Then comes Christmas, and we celebrate the birth of Jesus and the coming of the light of Christ. Being someone who seeks to follow…

  • Postcard from Burleigh County Jail

    This postcard arrived for my family a few days ago, now that I’m home from North Dakota.  It was written so lightly that it was barely legible, but this is what it said: Dear Ones, Here I am on my third day in Burleigh County Jail, happy to have a postcard and a rubber pencil…

  • Peaceful and Prayerful Resistance

    In my last post, I wrote about how my friends and I were arrested at a peaceful and prayerful action, separated, and taken to different jails.  My next post will be about my experiences in jail, as people have requested.  Today, though, I’m writing about the importance of the struggle for justice and healing that…