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  • A new area of the campaign, a new call to action

    A new area of the campaign, a new call to action

    If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that Vanguard is the world’s largest investor in the fossil fuels polluting communities today and threatening all of our futures. You also know that Vanguard is not doing enough to take responsibility for the impact of its investments. And you know there’s an international campaign…

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  • Learn about nonviolent direct action!

    Learn about nonviolent direct action!

    Thinking about what 2024 will bring, many of us are feeling afraid of the fires, floods, and hurricanes that we’ll see this year. Here at EQAT, we know that a better world is possible. We believe that we all deserve – and can achieve – a safe and healthy future for everyone, no matter who…

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  • When words don’t match actions

    When words don’t match actions

    We know that Vanguard is the world’s largest investor in the fossil fuels polluting frontline communities and causing climate disasters. We also know that Vanguard repeatedly ranks as one of the worst when it comes to using its enormous shareholder power to support action on climate change at the companies in which it invests. But did…

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  • Finding an outlet for my commitment to environmental justice

    Finding an outlet for my commitment to environmental justice

    By Emily Kerimian Before my sophomore year at college, I considered myself a climate and social justice activist, but I had never heard of environmental justice. Following my semester in an Environmental Justice class, where I learned about how polluting industries are often purposely placed in Black and Indigenous communities, which then have to defend…

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  • From youth to elders…

    From youth to elders…

    Big investors, like Vanguard, are allowing fossil fuel companies to poison us today and set up future generations for climate catastrophe. But we know that, by coming together, we can make powerful corporations start working for a just and livable future. One of the many ways we’ve been channeling our collective power is by pledging to not invest…

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  • Vanguard Supports a Measly 2% of Environmental and Social Shareholder Resolutions

    Vanguard Supports a Measly 2% of Environmental and Social Shareholder Resolutions

    As one of the largest shareholders in Exxon, Chevron, Marathon, and so many more major polluters, Vanguard has significant power to influence big corporations to do better on climate and environmental justice. Yet, time and time again, Vanguard squanders that opportunity, actively choosing to steer its ship towards climate chaos. So far this year, Vanguard has…

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