By Jason Disterhoft

Last night, as part of a day of action that saw events in all fifty states, 300 Bay Area #NoKXL activists rallied in front of a State Department office in downtown San Francisco. RAN staff was proud to participate, along with our friends at CREDO and Idle No More.  

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RAN climate campaigner Todd Zimmer fired up the crowd:

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What do we want? Climate justice!

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Idle No More’s beautiful banners:

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Pennie Opal Plant, of Idle No More, spoke to the proposed pipeline’s impact on frontline communities: 

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An activist sent a message to President Obama:

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RAN’s climate and energy program director, Amanda Starbuck, on the devastation Keystone XL would wreak on the climate:

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RAN staffers Sophie Roudané (center, in scarf) and Andrea Skinner (far right): 

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Be sure to check out pictures from rallies across the country