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March for Fossil Fuel Freedom Starts Near Stanford

by Text: R.R. Photos: Chris Cassell
In the fight for a transition to cleaner, safer lives, activists marched to demand that Wells Fargo stop funding the fossil fuel infrastructure. 350 Silicon Valley spearheaded the march from Palo Alto to San Francisco starting on March 16. Native American leaders guided the procession with energy along the historic El Camino Real.
Photos by Chris Cassell, Pro-Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
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It was an early morning start for the first leg of a 34-mile walk to expose "Oily Wells"--the moniker environmentalists have given Big Oil financier Wells Fargo. Native American leaders guided the procession with energy along the historic El Camino Real.

They started in a shopping center parking lot with Stanford University's mission style towers in the backdrop in the early morning, some with coffee in hand. And it was off on the march--port-a-potties following on a truck.

Everyone well aware of the cause, Wells Fargo Bank's dirty-energy secret: it’s THE leading lender to the fossil-fuel industry. In a few days they will be at Wells Fargo's front door in San Francisco where there will surely be some surprises along with sore feet. On the way songs will be sung. This is day one...the story will continue.
§Final words of encouragement before the march heads off
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§Circle of friendship before the march
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§In the lead....
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§Idle No More, SF Bay Area: one of 50 partners in the coalition of organizations
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§Stanford building in the background, crossing the ECR
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§holding hands
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§Entering Menlo Park
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§About Face Veterans
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MIC = Military Industrial Complex
§Native skirts in Atherton
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§Green Party
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§Long banner
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§In Redwood City, marchers go past Planned Parenthood Protesters
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A small group of misguided people against women's rights to their own bodies show up regularly at the Planned Parenthood in RWC
§Skirts are wonderful
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§Early morning casts a shadow
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§Student in Berkeley T stops to take a selfie
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§a pretty walk in spots
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§rest
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§Quaker in Action
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Vegan snacks
§No rest for the weary
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Off again!
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