“ AltaGas – the controversial parent company of Washington Gas – is increasingly referred to as “one of the worst fossil fuel companies in North America.” But don’t take our word for it. Join us on Thursday June 20 at 6:30 PM at Foundry United Methodist Church in D.C. for an in-person evening with indigenous Mi’kmaq grandmothers from Nova Scotia. 

For nearly ten years, these heroic leaders fought – and won – a bruising pipeline fight against AltaGas. Along the way, they encountered the kind of false claims, greed, and fossil fuel expansion efforts that Washington Gas now shows almost daily across D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia.

When the Mi’kmaq defeated AltaGas in a celebrated 2020 court case, they had been threatened by the company with arrest, exorbitant fines, and legal action against their community. At one point, the company put up “No Trespassing Signs” on tribal land, prompting the indigenous grandmothers to turn the signs around and staple copies of the Mi’kmaq 1752 treaty on them showing this was indigenous land and not available for poisoning.

Hear their story of resistance against AltaGas, the controversial parent company of Washington Gas. Cheryl and April Maloney, who led the Mi’kmaq campaign, will tell their story with words, photos, and video. They’ll describe their “spiritual” campaign that began with the building of a sacred fire near the gas company’s proposed pipeline operation, invoking the spirit and guidance of their ancestors.

The hopeful story of the Mi’kmaq is badly needed in the D.C. region where Alta-owned Washington Gas is likewise breaking agreements and trampling consumer interests. Come be inspired at 6:30 PM on June 20 by the story of Mi’kmaq activists who took on the Alberta-based owners of Washington Gas and brought justice to Nova Scotia.”