by Hendrik | Apr 4, 2020 | Blog Post, Youth Spotlight
“I think it’s important that youth know that our future is determined by what we do. The damage that continues to be done by people in power is affecting us and the land.” Meet Mariana, a volunteer at PODER, an Latinx led environmental justice org based in San...
by Hendrik | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Uncategorized
As nurses and grocery clerks keep the country running, Congress is developing a coronavirus rescue bill. We need to make sure that this legislation rescues people, not profits. Demand a People’ that protects workers while ensuring safe and sustainable energyClimate...
by Jessica Xiao | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Change The Rules, Fight The Bad
Taking Action to Resist Racist Systems of Oppression and to Build a Better World for All by Jessica Xiao “I have bodily pain that can’t be treated. An injury to the tailbone. I get anxious if I sit too long.” “I’m sorry that I’m asking you to tell me about the police...
by Kristen Jere | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog Post, Youth Spotlight
Last week, as part of CJA’s Youth Spotlight Interview series, we debuted our interview on our social media pages with Nyheim Carter (he/him). An intern at Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) in New Jersey, a group that organizes around community needs, Nyheim...
by Hendrik | Mar 7, 2020 | Blog Post, Youth Spotlight
“The most important thing to know about getting involved in Climate Justice is that the movement is rooted in inclusion.“ Meet Chelsea Turner: a 19 year old Youth Organizer at UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino-led community organization that seeks to engage and...
by Olivia | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog Post, Change The Story
and why this work is a matter of self-transformation by Jessica Xiao Change the Story Communications Fellow, Climate Justice Alliance “This is not what you were expecting, was it?” Angela, the executive director, asked me by the snack table, as we took a short break...
