by Hendrik | Mar 7, 2019 | Timeline
The member groups of the Climate Justice Alliance converged in March 2019 for the 3rd CJA Member Convening. The convening with the theme Living Our Power, was hosted by CJA member group SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), and intricately weaved together cultural...
by Hendrik | Jan 10, 2019 | Timeline
After intervening in the discussions about the Green New Deal proposal with the statement A Green New Deal Must Be Rooted in a Just Transition for Workers and Communities Most Impacted by Climate Change, CJA followed up in January 2019 with a frontline delegation that...
by Hendrik | Dec 10, 2018 | Timeline
Heads of state and international leaders met in Poland in December 2018, for COP24, the UN climate-change talks. The Climate Justice Alliance was on the ground as well, together with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Grassroots Global Justice, the Just Transition...
by Hendrik | Nov 8, 2018 | Timeline
The East Michigan Environmental Action Council (EMEAC) and the Climate Justice Alliance teamed up for the Black 2 Just Transition Assembly & Training, that brought together 60+ organizers from November 8-12, 2018 in Detroit. For decades, Detroit has been home to...
by Hendrik | Sep 7, 2018 | Timeline
In September 2018, the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Right to the City Alliance, which together form the It Takes Roots Coalition gathered in Occupied Ohlone Territory – the San Francisco Bay...
by Hendrik | Aug 7, 2018 | Timeline
From December of 2017 to the Summer of 2018, CJA members and staff worked to create the Our Power Loan Fund and Incubator. In August of 2018, the loan fund began working with a few CJA member’s just transition projects to support with technical assistance and possible...