by Hendrik | Aug 5, 2020 | Timeline
You down with OPC?! (Yeah you know me) In 2020, CJA expanded the Our Power Communities (OPCs) to include more than 30 organizations that are anchoring a Just Transition in their communities. At the virtual Grassroots Gathering, we strengthened and build relationships...
by Hendrik | Jul 17, 2020 | Youth Spotlight
Meet Phillip Cruz: a Youth Organizer with Micronesia Climate Alliance, grassroots organization of community members who are committed to finding climate justice solutions. Check out our interview with Phillip below where he talks about getting started in Climate...
by Hendrik | Jul 7, 2020 | Timeline
As part of the United Frontline Tabel, Climate Justice Alliance co-released A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy, which offers community groups, policy advocates, and policymakers a pathway to solutions that work for frontline communities and...
by Hendrik | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog Post, Youth Spotlight
“We are seeing that no one else is going to fight for youth of color like youth of color. We don’t need people to speak on behalf of us when we can speak for ourselves”. Meet Nyiesha Mallet, a youth activist at UPROSE in Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn’s oldest...
by Hendrik | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog Post
Climate justice activists from the It Takes Roots Delegation in front of a COP25 sign. From left to right: Cynthia Mellon (Climate Justice Alliance), Jésus Vasquez (Organización Boricuá), Nyiesha Mallett (UPROSE), Carlos Torrealba (Jobs with Justice Florida), Nancy...
