For this day of action, we’re taking a leaf from Bellingham BDS, and we’re combining a gas station picket with a postcard campaign!
In the lead-up to Anti-Chevron Day on May 21, we’re going to be encouraging people to bring in postcards to the Chevron gas station in person. The postcards contain a QR code/link to a letter to the Chevron company from franchisees demanding that Chevron end its business in apartheid Israel. This is one of the two asks that BDS is requesting from gas station owners.
We’ll be picketing the Chevron from 5:30 to 6:30 PM on Wednesday, May 21. The Chevron is located at 1041 N Miller St.
We will have some signs available for people to borrow, but people are welcome to bring your own! We can bring a chair if anyone wants to participate, but is unable to stand for an hour (just let us know if you need one!). Also, we will be requiring masks worn by everyone who is medically able to do so as a covid safety precaution. If you don’t have a mask of your own, we will have free masks available to anyone who needs one.
Our hope is that the postcards combined with the picket (this will be our third time picketing the Chevron gas station) will make the owners of the gas station feel more inclined to want to sign the letter.
If you would like to help us out by bringing a postcard to the Chevron, you can print your own here (get your friends to bring the extras!). Bringing them before May 21 is preferable, but whatever works!
And if you can, please come join us at the picket! We’re joining dozens of other cities from multiple countries for this day of action (see the map here). Our own Action Network page is here.
