Protecting Grandmother // No Border Wall

Camp O:Shad — All Walls Will Fall

Camp O:Shad has ended, but what happened here will live far beyond the camp itself. Named for O:Shad, the jaguar who appeared in Arizona in 2023. O:Shad means “jaguar protector.” To the Tohono O’odham, jaguars are protectors of the people & the environment. For more than 75 DAYS, people on both sides of the Arizona–Mexico border stood together in a historic binational tree sit that halted border wall construction. We delayed construction, forced contractors and the government to spend enormous resources on security, equipment, and lost productivity, and brought international attention to what was happening on the border. For them, this is about money. For us, this is about life.

Camp O:Shad may be gone, but the blood, sweat, tears, courage, love, and resistance poured into the land have not gone to waste.

🌳 The first binational tree sit to halt border wall construction.
🌳 The Abuela Tree on the Mexican side still stands after relentless pressure and a land defender spending 20+ hours suspended in a harness without food or water after Border Patrol cut away her platform.
🌳 Pressure from land defenders helped secure a road to the cemetery.
🌳 Millions and millions of people witnessed what was happening at the border through social media advocacy.
🌳 Cuttings from the Grandmothers are growing in a nursery soon to be returned to the earth.
🌳 A powerful community and support network emerged, ready for whatever comes next.
🌳 Countless people experienced direct action for the first time, gaining skills and lessons through solidarity and community.

Although we didn’t achieve everything we fought for, history was made. Grandmother tree gave us so much and she lives within everyone who stood beneath her branches, defended her, and carried her story into the world. We will grow from her roots.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and fought for the Grandmothers. Thank you for fighting for life. Thank you for every drop of blood, sweat, and tears poured into this land. Camp O:Shad lives on in all of us ❤️

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