Leading with Race
Key Reminders Amidst the Uncertainty of the Trump Administration
Given the constantly shifting legal and political terrain, our team has distilled nine key points to keep in mind as you work to center racial justice in your climate efforts. Download the guide for a breakdown of the current moment, truths we can’t ignore, and steps to continue advancing racial justice in your work. Leading…
Webinar: Leading with Race in Climate Solutions: Making Sense of the Chaos & Charting Our Course
Climate justice is racial justice. The chaos of the federal administration has many people scrambling to understand what’s happening, and what it means for leading with race in climate work. Longtime environmental justice leaders Jacqui Patterson (Founder and Executive Director at The Chisholm Legacy Project) and Dorcas Gilmore, Esq. (co-founder of Gilmore Khandhar, LLC) unpacked…
Louisiana’s Title VI Legal Decision: Civil Rights for Environmental Justice Communities at Risk
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is essential for environmental justice communities. This latest case, Louisiana v. EPA, prohibited the EPA] and the U.S. DOJ from addressing preliminary findings of discrimination that would have relieved some of the health and environmental burdens communities in “Cancer Alley.”
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 isn’t, and how to win policies that center racial justice in climate solutions. Leading With Race in Climate Solutions is a collaborative project of Just…
Op-Ed: What the Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action Means for Climate Equity Policy
Written for Nonprofit Quarterly by Jacqueline Patterson, founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, Aiko Schaefer, founder and executive director of Just Solutions, and Alvaro S. Sanchez, vice president of policy at The Greenlining Institute.
