#BoycottChevron for
Human Rights and Planet Earth
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 10 AM Pacific, 1 PM Eastern, 8 PM Palestine
Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC
Chevron supports Israel's apartheid regime and its genocidal war against Palestinians while also bringing environmental destruction to countries around the world.
Chevron runs natural gas extraction and pipelines off the shore of Palestine/Israel. Israel depends heavily on fossil gas for electricity, and Chevron is the largest producer for Israel, illegally exploiting Palestinian natural resources. Chevron is also providing millions of dollars in tax revenues to Israel. A major economic partner of the state, Chevron is directly implicated in Israeli apartheid and the genocidal assault on Gaza over the last 16 months.
Chevron's partnership with Apartheid Israel reflects its behavior around the world.
Chevron is one the most destructive oil companies, ravaging land, poisoning rivers and streams, destroying communities, and financing violence. The company’s activities have played a role in the destruction of marginalized people’s homes, resources, and livelihoods in at least 30 countries. Chevron has been sued repeatedly for its involvement in violence against indigenous communities, including at least 13 accusations of genocide and 17 accusations of torture.
Ending Israeli apartheid and genocide is a climate justice issue.
All over the world, the fight against colonialism and against corporations’ destruction of the planet are intrinsically linked.
That is why the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has called on supporters of Palestinian rights worldwide to join climate justice movements in holding the fossil fuel giant Chevron accountable for helping to fuel both Israeli apartheid and global environmental destruction.
Join us on March 12 to learn how and why United Methodists and many others across diverse justice movements are answering the call to #BoycottChevron.
Our panel will include leaders from Fossil Free UMC, the BDS movement, AFSC, and USCPR.
Speakers for this webinar include:
Sharon Delgado - the Convener of Fossil Free UMC and clergy in the California-Nevada Annual Conference. She is the author of The Cross in the Midst of Creation, Love in a Time of Climate Change, and Shaking the Gates of Hell.
Dov Baum - director of AFSC’s Action Center for Corporate Accountability and a co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation and of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel.
Olivia Katbi - the North America coordinator for the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC); she is also a leader in Portland Democratic Socialists of America.
Leah Muskin-Pierret - the Manager of Congressional and Grassroots Advocacy at US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), and an activist in DC-Metro Jewish Voice for Peace and Collective Action for Safe Spaces.
Lisa Bender, Moderator of the webinar - co-chair of the Steering Committee of United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR) and the chair of UMKR's Boycott and Divestment committee.