Leading with Race in Climate Solutions
Climate justice is racial justice. There is no way to advance equitable, effective, and just solutions to climate change without also addressing the marginalization of people of color and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color shoulder as the planet warms.
The U.S. economy is built on racial injustice that permeates public and private structures and systems to this day. Without consciously designing for racial equity, we are limited in our ability to repair past harm and are at risk of perpetuating it.
THE PROBLEM
Opponents of racial justice have been mounting increasingly effective legal attacks on race-conscious policy and action. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action is one example among many. These attacks are shifting the legal terrain and stoking fear and uncertainty. They are having a chilling effect on efforts to lead with race.
THE SOLUTION
In order to defend and extend decades of progress on racial justice, we need to come together now to reaffirm our commitment to leading with race in climate change solutions. We need to fully understand our legal options and be able to distinguish between scare tactics and legal constraints.
More than ever we need to double down on co-creating proactive strategies that address this moment of need and transform systems for a racially just climate future.
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Leading with Race in Climate Solutions:
Legal Attacks + Pathways Forward
A presentation deck that explains the issues, vocabulary, and context while providing guidance for leading with race in climate solutions.
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WEBINARS
Webinar: Leading with Race in Climate Solutions: Legal Attacks & Pathways Forward
This webinar shared how the opponents of racial justice are mounting legal attacks on Leading with Race and what we can do about it. We learned what is legal, what […]
RESOURCES
EXPLAINER DECK: Leading with Race in Climate Solutions:
Legal Attacks + Pathways Forward
A presentation deck that explains the issues, vocabulary, and context while providing guidance for leading with race in climate solutions.
Compiled Articles & Resources – Leading with Race in Climate Solutions
A compilation of resources on affirmative action ruling and guidance.
Conservative Legal Attacks on Race Consciousness
Articles referencing recent legal and political attacks on race-based policies across the private sector, government, schools and universities, and philanthropy
op-ed: WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MEANS FOR CLIMATE EQUITY POLICY
Nonprofit Quarterly Op-Ed by Aiko Schaefer, Just Solutions; Alvaro Sanchez, The Greenlining Institute; and Jacqueline Patterson, The Chisholm Legacy Project.
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