We are excited to share CJA’s annual report with you!
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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 alliance’s transition to a 501(c)3 while hiring 3 powerful women as co-directors.

We’re 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. 🎤

STAY TUNED for the release of Episode 1 this Sunday, February 20! 📻🌻 Each episode of "Stories from Home" will deep dive into different topics – 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?

The story of Black people in the #EnvironmentalJustice movement is rooted in the civil rights movement and the fight for racial justice. #CJABlackCaucus

Check out the Black EJ Timeline and webpage ClimateJusticeAlliance.org/Black-Caucus The Black #EnvironmentalJustice movement helped birth the #ClimateJustice movement of today. CJA’s Black Caucus is working to archive and tell these stories. Building narrative power through the collection of written, oral, song, and visual historical preservation.

How do we resist extraction and desecration of sacred sites while permanently returning land & sovereignty to Indigenous peoples?

🗣 Get your radical imagination going at: bit.ly/resistandbuild 🔥🌱🛠

#ResistAndBuild #LandBack @cjaourpower @movegen @neweconomics (1/10) 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)

How can we use finance as a tool to restore wealth to the communities it's been extracted from and grow our collective resources? 💸🗣

Get your radical imagination going at: bit.ly/resistandbuild 🔥🌱🛠

#ResistAndBuild #RiOP @cjaourpower @movegen @neweconomics (1/10) In this series you’ll learn about: 1) The history of divest/reinvest movements 2) Public banking 3) Non-extractive and cooperative finance
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A dig, burn & dump economy based on extracting natural & human resources faster than we can regenerate will eventually come to an end — either through collapse or through our intentional re-organization. Transition is inevitable. Justice is not.❤️‍🔥

#ResistAndBuild #JustTransition How can we resist false climate solutions and ensure a Just Transition that restores our communities and the web of life?

#JustTransitionNow #ClimateJustice #CommunityControl #CommunitySelfDetermination

🏡 🗣 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 🔥🌱🛠

#ResistAndBuild #HomesForAll @CJAOurPower @MoveGen @NewEconomics (1/10) In this series you’ll 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 CLT’s and co-op housing. (2/10)

How can we build community-controlled health infrastructure that is safe, free and accessible to all? 🏥 🗣 Get your radical imagination going at: bit.ly/resistandbuild 🔥🌱🛠

#ResistAndBuild #HealthJustice @CJAOurPower @MoveGen @NewEconomics COVID-19 has made it clearer than ever that the current health care infrastructure is racist, classist, ableist, and criminally inadequate. Frontline communities have a longstanding history of resisting this system by building community-controlled alternatives in its place.

It’s time to abandon the dirty, dangerous myth of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS):
💥Stop subsidizing CCS.
💥Stop permitting CCS.
💥Stop using CCS to justify climate inaction.

And don’t pretend you’re a climate leader if CCS is part of your climate plan.
climatejusticealliance.org/cja-calls-to-e… On behalf of our millions of members and supporters across the US & Canada, we call on policymakers to recognize that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is NOT a climate solution. It is a dangerous distraction driven by the same big polluters who created the #ClimateEmergency.

(1/14) “We are seeing that no one else is going to fight for youth of color like youth of color. We don't need people to speak on behalf of us when we can speak for ourselves”. (2/14) Meet Nyiesha Mallet, a youth activist at @UPROSE in Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community based organization whose mission is based in climate and community justice for Black and Brown folks.

1/5 It can be difficult to keep up with the ever-changing world of #ClimateSolutions, and not all “solutions” are inherently equitable or just. Fortunately, we’ve identified four straight-forward questions that can help you separate false solutions from the real deal: 2/5 Who makes the decisions?
Those closest to the problems know the most about what the solutions need to look like. For any climate solution to work for Indigenous peoples, communities of color, and working class communities, it must embody the practice of self-determination.