Hi friends and allies,
While we grapple with the compound crises of climate change-fueled fires and storms, racial and economic injustice and COVID-19, – it’s time for us to come together. As we fight to protect Black, Indigenous, communities of color, and workers on the frontlines of these crises, we need to be stronger to support one another by organizing for immediate relief.
Featuring:
- Jasilyn Charger, Indigenous Environmental Protector
- Verónica Noriega, Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción, a non-profit organization organizing young people into social initiatives in Puerto Rico
- Cesar Aguirre, Central California Environmental Justice Alliance
- Xiye Bastida, Re-Earth Initiative, NYC youth climate activist, raised in Mexico as part of the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous Peoples
- Troy Robertson, Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP), Regional Organizer from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), President
- Moderator: Amira Odeh, 350.org, Caribbean and Gulf Organizer from Puerto Rico.
Instead of handing out billions in stimulus money to save failing fossil fuel companies and fuel more fires and storms, we demand these resources be redistributed to community relief.
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Let’s come together to connect the dots between climate disasters, hold fossil fuel billionaires accountable, and protect our communities.
Yours in the movement,
Jeanne Poirier