by Hendrik | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog Post
My mother crossed the river with my brother and I, who were 5 years and 6 months old at the time, with nothing more than a couple of napkins in her pocket. She was fleeing domestic violence and a civil war (known as the war on drugs) in Colombia. Like many of the...
by Hendrik | Dec 28, 2017 | Announcements, Blog Post, Build The Bigger We, Fight The Bad, It Takes Roots
Continue to stand and support frontline climate leaders and advance this visionary future for 2018! Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility To build and maintain our community together and make our siblings’ problems – our problems and to solve them...
by Hendrik | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog Post, Change The Story, Just Recovery, Puerto Rico
11/15/2017 My name is Kiya Kiya Vega-Hutchens and I work for Uprose in Brooklyn, New York. Today was the brigade’s first full day on the boat as members of the crew. Yesterday we launched from Miami, and headed off into the big blue yonder, the ocean is crazy...
by Hendrik | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog Post, Fight The Bad
The Climate Justice Alliance is deeply disappointed in the President’s decision to end DACA and the consistent scapegoating of immigrants to push his agenda targeting racially diverse communities. Migration to the United States is a direct consequence of the...
by Hendrik | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog Post, Fight The Bad, It Takes Roots
We call on all those who choose to stand on the side of justice, the side in opposition to white supremacy and state violence to take creative and courageous action where they live and challenge how white supremacy shows up in our communities. Join us, this Saturday,...
by Hendrik | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog Post, Build The Bigger We, Fight The Bad
CJA Alliance member Cooperation Jackson supports Nissan workers in Canton, MS, as they cast their votes to unionize. The Canton facility is one of only three Nissan plants worldwide that are not unionized. Two of those non-unionized plants are located in the U.S....
