by Hendrik | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog Post, It Takes Roots
Here’s a wrap up of what some of our members and other EJ orgs were up to last week. Family of Akai Gurley and activists demand justice in New York after one year, the #ItTakesRoots delegation continues to prep for … the#COP21, members of CJA gather to discuss...
by Hendrik | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog Post, Build The New, It Takes Roots
Here is an incredible report on the People’s Climate March from 2014. It includes information about the broader movement, the process and the challenges of organizing the massive march, from the perspective of members of… the Climate Justice Alliance....
by Hendrik | Jan 13, 2016 | Timeline
On Martin Luther King Day, CJA organized the first environmental justice action targeting all 10 regional Environmental Protection Agency offices in one day. CJA members and allies drafted the Our Power Plan in order to challenge and improve the Clean Power Plan (CPP)...
by Hendrik | Dec 1, 2015 | Timeline
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Climate Justice Alliance and the Indigenous Environmental Network brought 100+ grassroots organizers from the US and Canada to Paris for the UNFCCC COP21. Through the course of a week, the It Takes Roots delegation participated in a...
by Hendrik | Sep 1, 2015 | Timeline
Primarily organized by The Working World and supported by CJA and others, the first peer network training was held to establish a cooperative of local non-extractive loan funds. This was the birth of The Financial Cooperative to share learnings, share services, and...
