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Climate Crisis Response

Goals:

  • To demonstrate imbalances in climate crisis impact on communities based upon their geographic location, occupation, race, socio-economic class, etc.,
  • To advocate for climate change adaptation strategies and policies that are community-based and community-oriented,
  • To recognize and bring attention to peoples and communities displaced by the climate crisis, also known as climate refugees.

Objectives:

  • Collaborate with environmental groups in the U.S. and in Latin America to conduct research and promote advocacy on issues relating to climate change,
  • Level consumer power through specific campaign education about companies heavily involved with the fossil fuel industry ,
  • Amplify the voices of communities experiencing displacement and/or forced migration due to the climate crisis and advocate for their right to legitimate residence in this country based on international refugee and asylee protection,
  • Continue to educate others about the need for sustainable development and how it can be achieved.