by Olivia | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog Post
Watercolor by Maisie Richards & Lokotah Sanborn, Creative Wildfire project. Dear Climate Funders, We are living through a time of immense and escalating challenges. We are in a decade of crisis, collapse, and transition that holds...
by Hendrik | Mar 4, 2022 | Blog Post
In this discussion, which was sponsored by Grist and Climate Justice Alliance, leaders from CJA member groups UPROSE, Ironbound Community Corporation, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Indigenous Environmental Network talked about the framework of centering equity...
by Hendrik | Aug 26, 2021 | Blog Post
Environmental Justice Communities Play Key Role in Derailing the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) While Calling for Community-Led Solutions Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) commends and stands in solidarity with environmental justice and labor organizations...
by Hendrik | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog Post
“There is a real advantage in putting brainpower together, pooling resources together, time together, and care of children together. It’s not just based on financial incentive but the social and cultural incentive of working together and building for ourselves” — Dom...
by Hendrik | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog Post
By Jessica Xiao Six Environmental Justice Lessons from Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Last winter I spoke with Kim Wasserman, executive director of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), based in Chicago, Illinois. Kim Wasserman...
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...