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Orlando Bloom & Katy Perry Protest Dakota Access Pipeline: 'Be on the Right Side of History'

Orlando Bloom & Katy Perry Protest Dakota Access Pipeline: 'Be on the Right Side of History'

Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry spent their Thanksgiving together in onesies!

The 39-year-old actor and the 32-year-old singer enjoyed lots of laughs and delicious food with Katy‘s family.

The couple also made sure to take a break from the festivities to address a more series Turkey Day topic – protesting the Dakota Access pipeline.

Hundreds of people – including celebs like Shailene Woodleyheaded to campsites in North Dakota where Native American burial sites reside.

“This #thanksgiving we cannot stand idly by while so many stand in solidarity on the front line to protect the most essential of human needs on sacred land,” Orlando wrote on Instagram along with the pic below. “USA pls text WATER to 82623 to donate whatever you can. Be on the right side of history.”

Katy shared a haunting picture on her own Instagram with the caption, “On #Thanksgiving, a day with complex origins, I want to speak up in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and their protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with what is going on in North Dakota. While it may not be on your front pages, this is not a frightening series of events for ‘them,’ it is frightening series of events for all of us.”

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Also pictured inside: Orlando leaving Soho House with his five-year-old son Flynn (not pictured) on Saturday (November 26) in Malibu, Calif.

Click inside to read the rest of Katy’s powerful message…

“The pipeline in question, would carry crude oil through land sacred to indigenous peoples and put a crucial water supply at risk,” Katy wrote. We have seen the results of unintended oil spills before and they are crippling to the health of the surrounding people and environment. … To all those peacefully protesting to protect history, to protect that which is personally sacred and to protect our life sustaining water sources, we are here shoulder to shoulder with you across this country. We cannot afford to be complacent with our rights and we cannot afford to be complacent with the rights of our neighbor. … Testimonies from the protests alarm me and should alarm all of us: … Some 400 people who were held in detention during demonstrations have suffered what Mr. Kiai (UN Special Rapporteur) called ‘inhuman and degrading conditions.’ He is concerned over both the scale of arrests and the conditions in which American citizens are being held. ‘Marking people with numbers and detaining them in overcrowded cages, on the bare concrete floor, without being provided with medical care, amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment,’ he said. Protestors have reported facing rubber bullets, teargas, mace, compression grenades, and bean-bag rounds while voicing their concerns over the environmental impact of the pipeline and throughout their attempts to protect burial grounds and other sites that are sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. – UN.org … During this holiday and beyond, let us stand in solidarity with all those who are trying to protect it. I made a donation and I hope you can too today. See the link in my bio how you can donate. Also, it’s easy to donate in 🇺🇸 by texting WATER to 82623 … #IStandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #waterislife �”� by Bill Mckibben.”

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