In this series youβll learn about: 1) The history of divest/reinvest movements 2) Public banking 3) Non-extractive and cooperative finance
(2/10)
"When the playing field is shifted and resources are governed by institutions that we can trust, there are huge amounts of potential for communities to thrive and that is a key part of the world we are trying to build.β
β Dom Hosack, Earthbound Building & CJA (3/10)
How can we use finance as a tool to restore wealth to the communities itβs been extracted from ad grow our collective resources? (4/10)
No Guns. No Prisons. No Pipelines. No War. #PublicBank Now! (5/10)
Building the infrastructure necessary for a truly just, democratic and sustainable #NewEconomy. (8/10)
Worker cooperatives are values-driven businesses that put workers and community benefits at the core of its purpose (9/10)
Learn more about
π₯ Community-Controlled Health Care
π‘ Housing as a Human Right
π»Just Transition and Climate Justice
πΈRegenerative Finance
β°οΈLand Back & Indigenous Sovereignty
A lot happened last year: we continued to navigate a global pandemic, pushed back against chronic disinformation from the right, & supported our members dealing with intensifying climate catastrophes.
CJA members pulled off amazing accomplishments. From getting groundbreaking climate justice legislation passed in multiple states, to building regenerative economy projects locally, & supporting the allianceβs transition to a 501(c)3 while hiring 3 powerful women as co-directors.
This annual report is a celebration of you, our members, and the collective impact weβre able to have when we build power at the local level and come together in solidarity and mutual support.
Weβre THRILLED to return with a new podcast season of "Stories from Home: Moving the Just Transition," that grounds us in the history of #ClimateJustice and in present day #JustTransition organizing. π€
STAY TUNED for the release of Episode 1 this Sunday, February 20! π»π»
Each episode of "Stories from Home" will deep dive into different topics β from the importance of community controlled climate solutions, to what is a false solution, to art & organizing, to how we relate to one another in just relationship & just what is energy democracy anyway?
Our host Keenan Rhodes, along with #ClimateJustice leaders, will serve as our guides and teachers. In the 1st episode, βThe Roots of Climate Justice,β we travel from Indianapolis, to Puerto Rico, North Carolina to Mississippi, California & beyond.
TUNE IN this Sunday, Feb.20 π»
The story of Black people in the #EnvironmentalJustice movement is rooted in the civil rights movement and the fight for racial justice. #CJABlackCaucus
The Black #EnvironmentalJustice movement helped birth the #ClimateJustice movement of today. CJAβs Black Caucus is working to archive and tell these stories. Building narrative power through the collection of written, oral, song, and visual historical preservation.
The Black Caucus is working to develop a Climate Justice Peoplesβ Teach-In geared towards Black communities and designed to spark the next generation of Black climate and environmental justice leaders. ClimateJusticeAlliance.org/Black-Caucus
The U.S. was built on stolen land by stolen lives and labor. Returning land and sovereignty to Indigenous peoples is a requisite to building economies rooted in a just relationship with each other and the earth. (2/10)
We acknowledge that struggles for collective determination and sovereignty over Indigenous lands are as diverse as the hundreds of Indigenous nations across Turtle Island. (3/10)
A dig, burn & dump economy based on extracting natural & human resources faster than we can regenerate will eventually come to an end β either through collapse or through our intentional re-organization. Transition is inevitable. Justice is not.β€οΈβπ₯
π‘ π£ How do we resist speculative market forces and build a world where housing is truly a human right? Get your radical imagination going at: bit.ly/resistandbuild π₯π±π
In this series youβll learn about: 1) The founding of the first community land trust by civil rights organizers 2) The connection between co-ops & squatters movements of the 1970s and 80s 3) Recent organizing wins for CLTβs and co-op housing. (2/10)
"In America, community land trusts have always been rooted in racial equity. Black sharecroppers in the rural South pioneered the model to protect their families from eviction by white owners during the civil rights movement." β Tony Pickett, Grounded Solutions Network. (3/10)