***WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY.***

***WE'VE RAISED $15,000 & DOUBLED OUR GOAL TO $30,000!*** 

***WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! REVEREND BILLY AND NEHEMIAH ARE FACING SERIOUS CHARGES.***

Activists Reverend Billy and Nehemiah Luckett, from The Church of Stop Shopping, face charges of riot in the second degree, menacing in the third degree, unlawful assembly, and two counts of disorderly conduct for a nonviolent songful performance in a midtown Manhattan JPMorgan Chase lobby. The dancing, singing toads offered bank workers and customers information about the impact of Chase investments on the environment while singing about extinction, climate change and the emergency of the earth. 

The New York City District Attorney’s office is requesting one year in prison for "this criminal stunt." Attorney Wylie Stecklow insists that the, "15 minutes of performance art about the Earth's crisis," was well within, "expressive political activity," protected by the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution.  At a preliminary hearing the two lawyers went back and forth: "Art!" "Crime!" "Art!" "Crime!" "Art!" 

Chase Bank is one of the worlds top financiers of extractive industrial projects, thought to be responsible for more CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere than any other single institution, with the possible exception of the Chinese Government.  The Church of Stop Shopping believes we must highlight the role of Big Banks in The Climate Crisis and offer workers within the fossil fuel cartel research we've gathered from sources such as BankTrack.Org and the World Development Movement

Show support for the Reverend and Nehemiah by donating to our legal fund!!  Money raised here will go to the legal teams costs (as individuals they are working pro bono) as well as  those incurred by the Church of Stop Shopping as we bring the story of the Golden Toad and Climate Change to the world.

We must take a stand for activism, for non-violent direct action and freedom of expression during this time of accelerated climate crisis. 

Join us.

With Gratitude,

Reverend Billy, Nehemiah & Friends of the Church of Stop Shopping

P.S.  We also have a petition we urge you to sign: https://www.change.org/petitions/reverend-billy-faces-one-year-in-jail-asks-for-petition-signatures