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...
by Hendrik | Aug 3, 2018 | Blog Post, It Takes Roots
Climate change poses a serious threat to humanity’s survival and all living creatures that we share the planet with. While it may be that California achieved its self-imposed greenhouse gas emission goals ahead of 2020, this does not signify that we are on track to...
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 | Jun 4, 2018 | Our Power, Press Release, Puerto Rico
For Immediate Release June 4, 2018 The Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) and Our Power Puerto Rico (NYC) issued the following statement today demanding accountability to the Puerto Rican people from the White House and Puerto Rican officials, calling for an investigation...
by Hendrik | Jun 1, 2018 | Build The Bigger We, It Takes Roots, Press Release
Media Advisory for: June 1, 2018 Press Contact: [email protected] ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** On the 1 Year Anniversary of Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Climate Agreement Environmental Justice Groups Launch the It Takes Roots Action Camp: From Roots to...
by Hendrik | Apr 15, 2018 | Timeline
In April, over 30 organizers from 11 Our Power Communities gathering in San Antonio, TX, at the home of the Southwest Workers Union, to engage in a 4-day Training, Skill-share and Strategy discussion to advance the Building Out Our Power Communities strategy for...
by Hendrik | Jan 25, 2018 | Build The New, Just Recovery, Press Release, Puerto Rico
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Climate Justice Alliance Liana Lopez, U.S. Communications Coordinator (346) 266-9798 CST, [email protected] Maricelis Rivera Santos, Puerto Rico Communications Coordinator (787) 615-2876...
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 27, 2017 | Build The New, Just Recovery, Press Release, Puerto Rico
#OurPowerPR was launched in New York to support Puerto Ricans with a Just Recovery for the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and will be shipping supplies San Juan, Puerto Rico ”” (Monday, November 20, 2017) An environmental and economic justice brigade led...
