by Hendrik | Oct 11, 2017 | Change The Story, Fight The Bad, Just Recovery, Press Release, Puerto Rico
###FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE### Wednesday, October 11, 2017 – Today environmental justice advocates launched a new translocal campaign to push for a resilient recovery for Puerto Rico. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES LAUNCH NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A...
by Hendrik | Oct 1, 2017 | Timeline
Our Power Puerto Rico Brigades #OurPowerPR is an ongoing translocal campaign pushing for a resilient recovery for Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The long-term goal is to provide Puerto Rico with resilient tools so its people don’t rebuild on...
by Hendrik | Sep 11, 2017 | Announcements, Change The Story, Harvey, It Takes Roots, Just Recovery, Our Power, Puerto Rico
CJA EMERGENCY CALL WITH DIRECT UPDATES FROM ALLIES & MEMBERS AFFECTED BY HARVEY AND IRMA Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have devastated communities from the Caribbean to the southern United States. Climate Justice Alliance is hosting a call at 8:00pm EST Wednesday...
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 | Sep 1, 2017 | Timeline
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, CJA mobilized to raise money in support of our member group t.e.j.a.s., the first EJ organization in Houston. After the hurricane, t.e.j.a.s. was on the frontlines, providing support to the most impacted communities in Houston....
by Hendrik | Aug 24, 2017 | Announcements, It Takes Roots
CJA is proud to announce two new steering committee co-chairs! We’d like to extend a huge amount of gratitude to out-going steering committee co-chairs, National Coordinator of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) Cindy Wiesner and Communities for a Better...
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....
by Hendrik | Aug 3, 2017 | Timeline
On August 3, 2017, more than 500 young people from around the country met in New York City to attend the 6th Climate Justice Youth Summit, hosted in Brooklyn by UPROSE. They shared their stories and built relationships with other young people from frontline impacted...
by Hendrik | Aug 1, 2017 | Timeline
Just Transition Finance Training More than 45 CJA members from 17 different groups gathered in Detroit to discuss effective and sustainable ways of funding a Just Transition. During the gathering, members talked about how to build in this current political moment and...
