Idle No More SF Bay, San Francisco Bay area, CA (2026)

Inspired by the First Nations Idle No More movement, we are a group of Native Americans and allies working together to create positive change concerning Indigenous rights, the rights of Mother Earth, and the rights of the coming generations to a sustainable and healthy environment. Our actions have included the Refinery Corridor Healing Walks between from 2014 to 2017. The walks occurred once a mo

nth for four months, walking from one refinery community to another along the refinery corridor in the Northeast San Francisco Bay. The walks were organized in conjunction with refinery activist groups in each area. Each walk was led by Native Americans and others in prayer with ceremonial staffs. More info at: https://www.facebook.com/RefineryHealingWalks/settings?tab=public§ion=long_desc&view

Idle No More SF Bay also conducted nonviolent actions which include public prayers, teach-ins and round dances at sites such as the Canadian Consulate, Chevron, Kinder Morgan, Federal buildings, State buildings, etc. We are all together in this time of shifting from human practices that are destroying our ability to exist to the beautiful and sustainable future that so many are not only imagining, but making a reality in communities around the world. It will take the best in all of us to create the best possible future for coming generations.

06/01/2026

After 13 wonderful years, Idle No More SF Bay has served its purpose and is winding-up our work in the Bay Area.

INM SF Bay was inspired by the Idle No More movement that began in so-called Canada in November of 2012 to bring attention to negative legislation that would impact First Nations people as well as harms to Mother Earth and the sacred system of life. In March of 2013 a group of Indigenous grandmothers in the Bay Area who had been praying together monthly since 2007 launched Idle No More SF Bay to support our First Nations relatives as well as bring attention to the local harms of the fossil fuel industry in the Bay Area, its connections to the health of life along the refinery corridor, Indigenous rights, and impacts on the climate. Led by Indigenous grandmothers, we were always a group of volunteers organizing in living rooms and not a 501c3.

We were a small group of people who accomplished the following: actions at the Canadian Consulate, many actions at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond and the Shell Refinery in Martinez, the Refinery Healing Walks led by Indigenous women in prayer along the refinery corridor (4 walks a year for 4 years – see refinerycorridorhealingwalks.com), spoke out at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and California Air Resource Board meetings, supported the Standing Rock camps by organizing non-violent direct actions at the Army Corp of Engineers, banks funding the pipeline, the Federal Building, and more, and provided speakers for actions and events for Mother Earth in the Bay Area.

We send our love and gratitude to all of the wonderful people who volunteered, collaborated, showed up, and supported us.

Photo credit: Peg Hunter

05/31/2026

Idle No More SFB had the honor of participating in and helping organize the May 17 Fossil-Free Futures Festival in Richmond, CA - a rolling celebration of art, music, and community to uplift indigenous and frontline leadership, hold Chevron accountable for their actions across the globe, and build toward a fossil-free future.

The Festival, in conjunction with the 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day, was attended by community members and activists directly impacted by Chevron’s Richmond refinery, as well as activists from around the world - including Secwepemc and Ktunaxa land defender Kanahus Freedom Manuell, artist Jackie Fawn David (Yurok, Washoe, Filipina), and from Ecuador Daniel Moncayo, President of Union of People Affected by Chevron-Texaco (UDAPT) and a co-creator of Anti-Chevron Day in 2014.

The day opened with an Indigenous-led ceremony on beautiful Keller Beach. Hundreds of people; along with a giant Trojan horse piñata, killer whale, and a flying crane; then embarked on the 13th annual march to the gates of the Chevron refinery. We drummed, sang, and chanted our resistance, then continued to Judge Carroll Park for an afternoon of art, information sharing, speakers, and live music.

This year Anti-Chevron Day not only expanded to include Festival activities, it was preceded by an incredible week of connecting, celebrating, organizing, and strategizing. Activities included a multi-day Indigenous gathering, a two-day conference for organizers, film screenings, and a panel with speakers from sites directly affected by Chevron including Richmond, Palestine, and points in Asia. (Details at antichevronday.org.)

As Amazon Watch put it, “What began as a protest has become a place where frontline peoples share strategies, defend one another, mourn what has been lost, and strengthen the movements fighting for a world beyond fossil fuels.”

We are honored to have witnessed and participated in the growth of this annual event, and the flowering of a global movement centering Indigenous values and leadership, rooted in love for the land and reciprocity.

Deep gratitude and thanks to Oil and Gas Action Network for leading the organizing, our fellow event organizers and sponsors, the hundreds of attendees from around the world, and all who supported the event from near and far.

05/16/2026

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