Along with other forms of systemic inequality, environmental racism can cause many of the underlying conditions that make the virus particularly dangerous for black and brown communities. “We’ve known literally forever that diseases like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and asthma are … [Read more...]
The US Has Neglected Indian Country for Years. Now Comes a Pandemic
Nationally, health experts and tribal leaders are sounding the alarm that Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. Native Americans are more likely to live in overcrowded and intergenerational housing, lack access to running water, and experience health disparities … [Read more...]
Whale People: Protectors of the Sea
The short film from the Lummi partnership with The Natural History Museum for the exhibition "Whale People: Protectors of the Sea" has won an award in three categories at the Best Shorts Competition and the film is also an official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival, American … [Read more...]
“BURIALS ARE CHEAPER THAN DEPORTATIONS”: VIRUS UNLEASHES TERROR IN A TROUBLED ICE DETENTION CENTER
Etowah County has a unique role in ICE’s architecture of detention and deportation. For more than two decades, the agency has provided the local sheriff’s department with a steady stream of funds for housing hundreds of immigrant detainees at a time. “The contract between Etowah County and ICE has … [Read more...]
“IRRESPONSIBLE AND DANGEROUS”: U.S. DEPORTS HAITIANS DESPITE CORONAVIRUS RISKS
Despite these concerns, and the U.S. government’s own public advisories, which emphasize the need to “avoid all international travel due to the global impact of Covid-19,” the U.S. deportation flight proceeded as scheduled. Yet seven of the Haitians on board were removed at the last minute. Among … [Read more...]
CONSERVATIVE OPERATIVES FLOAT PLAN TO PLACE RETIRED MILITARY, POLICE OFFICERS AS GOP POLL WATCHERS ON ELECTION DAY
The idea is a reprise of once-illegal Election Day “ballot security” intimidation tactics, intended to challenge voter registration and remove voters from the rolls. At a strategy session in February attended by conservative donors and activists, several people expressed a specific need for … [Read more...]
Removing Lower Snake River Dams to Protect Salmon and Orcas
May 12, 2020, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 04:00pm - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 05:00pm What: “Removing Lower Snake River Dams to Protect Salmon and Orcas” video conference When: May 12, 2020, 4-5 p.m. PST Who: Columbia Riverkeeper Senior Attorney Miles Johnson sets the record … [Read more...]
“Yet Again, Federal Court Invalidates Key Permit for Keystone XL”
Wow! A glimmer of hope! A federal judge just ruled that “the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for TC Energy’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and many other pipelines nationwide. The ruling invalidates Nationwide Permit 12, … [Read more...]
As farm work carries on, some worry about becoming Washington state’s new coronavirus epicenter
Crews huddle in the morning to hear instructions, then prune trees, tie up branches and replant orchards, often in close proximity to one another. Those who want to wash their hands — vital workplace safety in the age of the novel coronavirus — need to bring soap from home, and until recently their … [Read more...]
Submit a Letter to the Editor Defending Our Environmental Laws
The Center for Biological Diversity has an online program for writing letters to the editor for local and regional newspapers. Take a few minutes and draft a letter to the editor for your newspaper. Pick an environmental issue that is important to you–there are many to choose from. This … [Read more...]
Western WA Fellowship of Reconciliation Spring Assembly: Peace and Justice in a Time of Coronavirus, May 2, 2020, online
MAY 2 SPRING ASSEMBLY. We are excited to announce that the WWFOR Spring Assembly planners have come up with plans for a no-contact Spring Assembly on May 2. Thank you, planners! Mark Your Calendar! Tell Your Friends! Peace and Justice in a Time of Coronavirus Saturday, May 2, 2020, 9 am - … [Read more...]
Watch Climate Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy COVID-19 Solidarity Webinar/Take Action
Thank you to the over 200 supporters who joined our COVID-19 Solidarity Webinar on April 7th. If you weren’t able to join us live, you can watch the webinar recording here! We know that the impacts of both the climate crisis and COVID-19 are disproportionately felt by lower-income, communities of … [Read more...]
King County Cities’ Climate Action
People for Climate Action coalition is pushing ahead with educational programs to bring city officials and the general public in King County up to speed on the sort of actions that cities can take to reduce our climate change impacts. PCA holds frequent webinars on climate actions, and you can … [Read more...]
Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington Going Digital! June 20, 2020
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington on June 20, 2020 will not be postponed but will be transformed! We are going digital! We will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people and people of conscience in this nation’s history. The … [Read more...]
Urgent Action Needed to Help Imprisoned Immigrants
Some of the most vulnerable people right here in Western Washington are the prisoners at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. This is a privately run for-profit prison where immigrants are detained. Long before the COVID-19 came, many of us were actively protesting: most of the … [Read more...]
For Fair Representation Affecting Schools, Housing, Community, Complete the Census
On April 1, 2020, the US Census Bureau will perform a point-in-time count of every person living in the United States. The Census, which is performed once every ten years, is a head count of every single person living in the United States. It is the primary way that funding decisions for social … [Read more...]
Sign Poor People’s Campaign Petition to Demand a Moral Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
A message from Reverend Dr. William Barber II and Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, the co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival: So much of this country is in economic free fall in response to COVID-19, while many Americans were already at rock bottom before the virus … [Read more...]
Support for Organizing for Justice in a Pandemic
We are facing enormous uncertainty and unknowns. Many of us float between being steady and embracing the challenge ahead of us and then drift to a place of fear. We each are searching for ease and normalcy as we navigate the consistency of change. Change is constant. Beloved, however you are doing … [Read more...]
Demand Immediate Protection for Farm Workers in WA State
Daily living and working was already dangerous and precarious for hundreds of thousands of farmworkers and immigrants before the onset of COVID-19. ICE has terrorized our communities and powerful growers have suppressed workers' efforts to organize. Generations of environmental racism have … [Read more...]
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act Does Not Solve the Farm Labor Dilemma
"Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Community to Community Development, CATA, Farmworker Association of Florida and UFCW, who unite in the Food Chain Workers Alliance — vigorously oppose H.R. 5038." "A close reading of H.R. 5038 leads me to the same conclusion. If we want to end this country's … [Read more...]
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