by Hendrik | Jul 24, 2016 | Blog Post, Change The Story, Fight The Bad
One year ago, on July 12, Black Lives Matter organized Black Lives Matter Sunday in response to the massacre of nine people at the Emanual African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, and the burning of at least 7 Black churches across the South. Despite...
by Hendrik | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog Post, Build The Bigger We, Our Power
On June 21, 2015 the Our Power Campaign launched the Summer of Our Power, a two-month long event that highlighted the work of members of the Climate Justice Alliance on the ground. During the Summer of Our Power, CJA hosted a Just Transition fellowship program that...
by Hendrik | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog Post, Build The Bigger We, Fight The Bad
CJA Statement on the Burning of Black Churches and Call to Action Dear CJA Family, As we grieve the horrifying and racist massacre of nine Black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, at least 7 Black churches in North and South...
by Hendrik | Jul 1, 2016 | Fight The Bad, It Takes Roots, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS Missourians Organizing for Reform & Empowerment, St. Louis, MO: Kennard Williams, 314-825-1334 [email protected] Jeff Ordower, (314) 267-4664 [email protected] Climate Justice Alliance / Our Power Campaign,...
by Hendrik | Jun 21, 2016 | Change The Rules, Fight The Bad, Our Power, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Climate Justice Alliance: Michael Leon Guerrero, (505) 263 4982 MST, [email protected] Missourians Organizing for Reform & Empowerment: Kennard Williams, 314-825-1334, [email protected] OR Jeff Ordower, 314-267-4664,...
by Hendrik | Jun 1, 2016 | Timeline
130+ representatives from more than 50 CJA member and ally organizations attended the CJA National Convening in St. Louis, MO, hosted by Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment. The convening focused on four tracks of work: Building the Bigger We, Reinvest...
by Hendrik | May 2, 2016 | Announcements, It Takes Roots
The Climate Justice Alliance’s It Takes Roots quilt was created during the 2015 Summer of Our Power, which was launched on the Summer Solstice—June 21, 2015—in recognition of our interrelated, interdependent, and complementary relationship with Mother Earth. The...
by Hendrik | Jan 30, 2016 | Announcements, It Takes Roots
Yesterday was the first full day with our entire #ItTakesRoots delegation! It was full of education and empowerment. There were workshops on Just Transition, gender, race and more. Check out some of the highlights… @agiancatarino11, @Zebra425, and @dsmatth for...
by Hendrik | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog Post, It Takes Roots
MEDIA ADVISORY: IT TAKES ROOTS STATEMENT ON THE PROTEST BAN IN PARIS PRESS RELEASES BY GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE NOVEMBER 23, 2015 876 0 SHARE: MEDIA ADVISORY November 23, 2015… War, No Warming – Build an Economy for People and Planet Despite the ban on Protest...
by Hendrik | Jan 30, 2016 | It Takes Roots, Press Release
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Preeti Shekar at 510-219-4193, [email protected] Release Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 Ahead of Paris, Grassroots Activists Demand Real Change: “President Obama: … To The People, Not Polluters!” The Grassroots Global Justice...
