2017 Legislative Agenda
Where we can fight for equitable policy rooted in community
Where we can fight for equitable policy rooted in community
A transition is inevitable, but what is not inevitable is that it is a Just Transition
How did you get drawn to working on climate justice?
Leaders share perspectives on environmental and climate justice
As I really honed in on what I wanted the event to accomplish it became clear that I wanted a space that gives Black People an opportunity to come together with each other in honor of our mama earth and in celebration of Blackness. We are people of the Earth, yet for many reasons, including the historical trauma of American chattel slavery, many of us have wounded relationships with the Earth. This wound impacts how we live and grow as people. Black Earth Day is one of several ways that we are working to organize in the neighborhood towards health, well-being, and freedom.
At the Climate Justice Summit in November, you held a sign saying, “My family is impacted by asthma. Air quality is important.” Can you elaborate a bit on what you wrote?
Communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and people with lower incomes are on the frontlines of climate and environmental change.
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