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 Olivia | Mar 1, 2022 | Press Release
Climate Justice Alliance Calls on White House, Congress, UN to Center Frontline Wisdom/Solutions & Reject False Techno Fixes Accelerating Climate Change We must keep fossil fuels in the ground; If we take anything away from Part 2 of the UN’s Intergovernmental...
by Olivia | Feb 21, 2022 | Press Release
Without Centering and Supporting Black Organizing, Our Climate Justice Movement and Solidarity Efforts to Protect Frontline Communities Will Fail Feb. 21, 2022 – Formed almost ten years ago by grassroots groups and frontline members across the nation, Climate...
by Hendrik | Jan 10, 2022 | Timeline
Climate Justice Alliance, Movement Generation and New Economy Coalition released the Creative Wildfire Manifesto and a call to creatives, artists, and cultural workers to spark the collective imagination. Cultural workers have an important role in strategizing,...
by Olivia | Dec 15, 2021 | Press Release
For Immediate Release Contact: Olivia Burlingame (CJA) [email protected], Aimee Inglis (It Takes Roots) [email protected] Washington, D.C. – 140 organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Ron Wyden, Chair of the...
by Olivia | Dec 7, 2021 | Press Release
Grassroots-Accountable Organizations Will Move Millions to Grassroots-Led Climate Solutions Contact: [email protected], 301-613-4767 Yesterday, Bezos Earth Fund announced its latest round of climate funding, which includes awards to several...
by Hendrik | Nov 13, 2021 | Press Release, Timeline
Contact: Aimee Inglis, Communications Coordinator, It Takes Roots aimee@ittakesroots,org Incrementalism Leaves Frontline Communities to Face Increasing Climate Chaos Glasgow, Scotland – As negotiations of the UNFCCC COP26 have concluded, the It Takes Roots...
by Hendrik | Nov 10, 2021 | Build The Bigger We, Fight The Bad, It Takes Roots, Move The Money, Press Release
Glasgow, Scotland – Frontline and Indigenous land defenders gathered outside the JP Morgan Chase offices in Glasgow’s financial district on November 10, 2021 to demand the bank stop financing fossil fuel extraction. Click here for photos from the action. Since the...
by Olivia | Oct 1, 2021 | Press Release
Contact: [email protected] 301-613-4767 As Congress delayed a vote last night on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, blowing past an artificial deadline set by Democratic leaders, grassroots organizations urge members of Congress to continue to deliver...
