DC Residents protest, close Wells Fargo accounts on eve of DC DAPL divestment bill

On the 20th of March, two DC residents closed their accounts with Wells Fargo over the bank's investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline and other socially irresponsible investments such as private prisons. A protest outside the bank supported them. A bill directing the DC government to divest their about $2 billion in accounts with Wells Fargo was scheduled to be introduced the following day, March 21 and this protest was in part to suppport this DC Divest campaign.

A speaker at this protest called out Wells Fargo for not only funding the Dakota Access Pipeline but also for predatory lending/housing practices and for investing in private prisons.

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Video from the DAPL protest and account closing event at Wells Fargo