Shailene Woodley Addresses Recent Arrest in Eye-Opening Essay

Shailene Woodley Addresses Recent Arrest in Eye-Opening Essay

Shailene Woodley has opened up about her recent arrest with an essay on TIME.com.

The Allegiant actress, who has been protesting alongside others at the Dakota Access Pipeline, wrote about what the pipeline would do, standing by her not guilty plea, and more.

“I was in North Dakota, standing in solidarity, side-by-side with a group of over 200 water protectors, people who are fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. People who carry a rainbow of colors on their skin. People who gathered together because they realize that if we don’t begin taking genuine steps to protect our precious resources�our soil, our water, our essential elements�we will not have a healthy or thriving planet to pass on to future generations. I was in North Dakota, standing side by side with Native Americans. You know, those who were here before us. Well, guess what, America? They’re still here. And they are still fighting the good fight. A fight that serves each and every one of us,” she begun.

Shailene continued later, “The reason we were freezing our a�es off on Oct. 10 in peaceful protest was because the night before (mind you, right after the presidential debate and on the eve of Indigenous Peoples’ Day�coincidence?) the U.S. Court of Appeals denied an injunction to halt construction of the pipeline. As in: They began building once again. Whatever your cause is. Whatever your passion is. Whatever you care about most� none of your efforts or hard-earned opinions will matter when the planet and the people you’re fighting for have nothing left to show for it.”

Read the rest of Shailene‘s moving essay now on TIME.

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