{"id":33305,"date":"2020-06-25T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=33305"},"modified":"2020-06-25T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:23:08","slug":"resource-ways-to-take-anti-racist-action-climate-alliance-for-jobs-and-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/resource-ways-to-take-anti-racist-action-climate-alliance-for-jobs-and-clean-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource: Ways to take anti-racist action, Climate Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From urban cities to rural towns, people are coming together in outrage to demonstrate that #BlackLivesMatter and call for the end of white supremacy culture and systematic racism. This is not a new struggle or fight. This is a response to centuries of oppression that has torn apart Black communities through slavery, police brutality, incarceration, economic disenfranchisement, redlining, wage theft, and environmental racism.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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As an intersectional climate coalition, we know that we cannot achieve climate justice without racial and economic justice. We also recognize that we cannot fight the climate crisis without being anti-racist. Our society\u2019s solutions must actively work to replace the current racist system with one that is just, equitable, and explicitly repairs past injustice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ways to take anti-racist action:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n