Boston RISE for Climate, Jobs, and Justice: Rally and People’s School

When:
September 8, 2018 @ 12:00 pm
2018-09-08T12:00:00-04:00
2018-09-08T12:15:00-04:00
Where:
Boston
MA
Contact:
Michele Brooks, MA Chapter of Sierra Club
(617) 423-5775

Boston RISE for Climate, Jobs, and Justice: Rally and People’s School

Date and Time:
Sat, Sep 8, 2018  12:00 PM  (Local Time)
Time is tentative.

Organized By: Massachusetts Chapter

Location: Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Event Organizers:
Michele Brooks
michele.brooks@sierraclub.org
(617) 423-5775

Sept. 8th: RISE for climate, jobs, and justice

Climate change impacts people of color, low-wage workers, and Indigenous peoples—here and around the world—first and worst. Extreme heat, drought, floods, wildfires, storms, and poisoned oceans caused by fossil fuel pollution worsen the war, famine, poverty, violence, and oppression they already face. Many are left with no choice but to leave their homes and seek refuge in the U.S., only to be met with more violence and oppression by our own government.

Families are being torn apart. Ecosystems are collapsing. People are dying. The tide is rising…but so are we.

As governors, mayors, and corporate reps meet at the Global Climate Action Summit in CA—and as our own Governor & Legislature in MA continue to accept money from the fossil fuel industry and then fail to enact commonsense climate and immigration reforms—we’ll prove that real climate leadership rises from the grassroots up and doesn’t leave anyone behind.

On Sept 8 (and beyond), local climate and immigrant justice groups are joining forces to strengthen relationships across our movements, build collective power, and demand accountability and ACTION on climate change and immigrant rights: 100% renewable energy for all. Dignity & respect for all.

JOIN US to envision & build a JUST TRANSITION in MA: FROM dirty coal, oil, & gas TO clean wind & solar power. FROM prisons & deportations TO freedom & sanctuary. FROM worker abuse TO safe, green, family-sustaining union jobs. FROM gentrification & displacement TO affordable housing & transit. FROM corporate control TO community control. FROM polluted air, water, & soil TO healthy people & planet. FROM extraction & exploitation TO economic & environmental justice.

On Sept 8: Resist – Learn – Build – Connect – Act – RISE – for Climate & Immigrant Justice

Join us for the Climate, Jobs, & Justice outdoor “People’s School.” It will start with a short kickoff rally that highlights the intersections of our issues, the failings of our political system in MA, and the urgency of this moment for us to come together and take action. The rest of the day will consist of interactive teach-ins, skill-shares, and art-builds that touch on a range of intersectional topics to educate folks, build relationships, and lift up the work of local frontline groups.

 

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