Michelle Merrill, PhD

@perplexedprimate.bsky.social

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organizing with Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island, recovering academic who worked on Higher Ed for Sustainability, anthropology, behavioral ecology, evolution, social learning

Rally at San Francisco Civic Center telling CARB to reject changes to Cap-and-Invest, maintain funding for transit, and don't give new handouts to Big Oil.
Dragon dance with a BART train puppet, at San Francisco Civic Center telling rally, calling on Governor Newsom and CARB to reject changes to Cap-and-Invest, maintain funding for transit, and don't give new handouts to Big Oil.
Rally at San Francisco Civic Center telling CARB to reject changes to Cap-and-Invest, maintain funding for transit, and don't give new handouts to Big Oil.
A video pans around the plaza in front of San José City Hall, foregrounding three women holding Make Polluters Pay signs that say Big Oil Funds Fascism, Billionaires Rig the System and Just Transition Ahead. Another has a black and white sign that says People United, overlayed with another bright orange sign that says Big Oil Funds Fascism. Over a hundred people are visible in the background. Several tables with canopies are set up in the far distance. Video by M. Merrill
A marching crowd arrives at the street in front of San Jose City Hall. Two orange pre-printed signs that say Big Oil Funds Fascism are visible in the crowd. There is a parade truck with butterfly-shaped signs on its side. A TV cameraman stands in the foreground. Photo by Alfred Leung via probonophoto.org
Four people getting ready to join the rally, holding brightly colored pre-printed signs that read Just Transition Ahead and Billionaires Rig the System. Another has a black and white sign that says People United, overlayed with another bright orange sign that says Big Oil Funds Fascism.
Michelle in Scientist Rebellion labcoat, with small terrier, holding a sign that reads Protect this land from Trump & Big Oil, in front of a small lake at Quarry Lakes Regional Rec. Area in Fremont, CA.
A line of protesters on E Santa Clara Street, San Jose City Hall. One in a labcoat. Some carrying US flags. Many carrying signs.
Banner Fascism Runs on Fossil Fuels, and signs Trust Science Not Dictators, and Dictators Fear Science
Protesters in front of a stagecoach, holding signs listing many of the environmentally destructive and colonially exploitive projects financed by Wells Fargo. San Francisco, Feb 2024
scientist rebellion turtle island Scientists Speak Out Rally + Teach-In July 19, 1-4pm Lake Merritt Amphitheater *Climate, Heat & Health *Attacks on Science and Democracy *Movement Building & Activism *Music & Street Theater *Art & Fun Activites! Lake Merritt BART station Bring a hat, water, maybe a chair Family Friendly ADA accessible SRTurtleIsland.org/stop-billionaires-summer
Three in Scientist Rebellion labcoats at a large gathering. One carries a sign that says UC Berkeley: Freedom to speak. Freedom to teach. Freedom to learn. For Everyone!
Red Cross Must Take Back Award Given to Climate Criminal Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo’s financing of fossil fuels makes them climate criminals, not “visionaries” Three protesters holding signs outside the Wells Fargo Gala in San Francisco
There they go! with stats fro CelebrityPrivateJetTracker.com of some of the recent flights.