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Stay up-to-date on what's going on with It Takes Roots! We send emails usually no more than once-a-week. As well as key information and actions, there is a bimonthly roundup of movement activities from our sister alliances,  movement allies, and grassroots members.…

Funder briefing on the People’s Orientation

Listen to leaders from the United Frontline Table, a 16-member frontline-led formation working toward regenerative economic policy, as they share their policy framework: A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy: Protect, Repair, Invest, & Transform, which holds eighty cross-movement and intersectoral policy stances and priorities to advance a new economy based in racial justice,…

People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy

People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy The People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy is our toolkit for a Green New Deal centered in racial and economic justice, with over 80 policy ideas and solutions presented as fourteen planks for a Regenerative Economy. These planks are grouped into four overarching stances: Protect, Repair, Invest, and Transform. A Green New Deal requires…

Climate, Racial, & Economic Justice Groups Launch United Frontline Table

Today, a group of sixteen frontline and climate justice organizations from across the U.S. announced the creation of the United Frontline Table, a network comprised of alliances, coalitions, community organizations and their member organizations, that have come together to advance a new economy, based in racial justice, gender equity, jobs, health, and safety for all people;  an economy that…

COVID 19 Response

COVID19 ResponseThe COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear once more that only we can keep us safe, and that the extractive economy is not serving our people. It is healthcare workers, farm workers, grocery store workers, warehouse workers, caregivers, and other workers who are essential, not the bosses and bankers who are profiteering off our exploitation. People are coming together to demand…

Road to the National Convening Issue-based Political Education

Political Education webinars: June 26th, 2019: why movement building through It Takes Roots in this political moment July 31st, 2019: Just Transition August 28th, 2019: Grassroots Feminism September 25th, 2019: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth October 29th, 2019: Affordable Housing, Land, and the Right to the City December 12th, 2019: Grassroots…

Support Defense of Black Lives / Apoya la defensa de las vidas negras

Climate Justice Alliance statement Grassroots Global Justice statement Indigenous Environmental Network statement Right to the City - Black land & housing teach-in Our hearts are heavy, filled with sorrow and rage at the continued loss of Black life at the hands of the police and vigilantes. We grieve and demand justice for Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, George…

Join It Takes Roots in Action this May Day

Friday marks May Day, International Workers Day, and It Takes Roots is helping lead a huge coalition of progressive groups calling for a # PeoplesBailout. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear once more that only we can keep us safe, and that the extractive economy is not serving our people. It is healthcare workers, farm workers, grocery store workers, warehouse workers, caregivers, and other…

COP 25 Webinar from Spain and Chile

The two delegations that went to Spain for COP25, and to Chile for the Cumbre de los Pueblos, put together a joint webinar, connecting the participation of indigenous and frontline youth at COP25 in Madrid, Spain and the mobilization against neoliberalism in Santiago. Watch the recording to learn how we are pushing back…

ITR COP25 Delegation

It Takes Roots heads to Santiago to support the Chilean social movements and uprisings throughout Chile and Madrid, Spain for the UN Climate Talks- the UN COP25 Overview of Context and the Political Moment: The global conditions for the struggle to protect Mother Earth, humanity and many life systems threatened by the severity of the climate crisis face very difficult conditions, as we are…

ITR Political Education Webinars 2019

Calendar of Political Education webinars: June 26th: why June 26th, 2019: why movement building through It Takes Roots in this political moment July 31st, 2019: Just Transition August 28th, 2019: Grassroots Feminism September 25th, 2019: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth October 29th, 2019: Affordable Housing, Land, and the Right to the City…

COP24 ITR Delegation

COP24: ” Our Futures Will Not Be Traded” ITR Delegation to Poland 2018 Heads of state and international leaders will meet in Poland from December 3-14, 2018, for COP24, the next round of U.N. climate-change talks.  It Takes Roots delegation is on the ground in Katowice, Poland. We are building and organizing together with our international allies, in the face of increasing racism, growing…

People’s Solutions Lens

It can be difficult to keep up with the ever-changing world of climate solutions, and not all “solutions” are inherently equitable or just. Fortunately, we’ve identified three straight-forward questions that can help you separate false solutions from the real deal: 1. Who makes the decisions? Those closest to the problems will inevitably know the most about what the solutions need to look…

Grupos indígenas, comunidades afectadas y líderes sobre el clima denuncian la hipocresía ecológica en la Cumbre Climática, entregan una Carta Abierta al Gobernador Brown

For Immediate Release: el 10 de septiembre, 2018 Contacto: Cabot Lee Petoia, 828-899-9239, [email protected]; Kawana Lloyd, 240-472-2860, [email protected] Grupos indígenas, comunidades afectadas y líderes sobre el clima denuncian la hipocresía ecológica en la Cumbre Climática, entregan una Carta Abierta al Gobernador Brown En una carta abierta a Brown, las…

9/11: Sol2Sol Summit

The Solidarity to Solutions Summit (#Sol2Sol Summit) will highlight frontline communities’ solutions that address the interlinked crises of climate, economic, and racial justice. Through cross-sector, solutionary strategy exchange, community leadership development, creative actions, and democratic popular assembly, we will provide direction on bold and transformative pathways for change and shift…

Sol2Sol Local Hosts and Local Tours

Community Solutions taking place at UrbanTilth Farm Our Sol2Sol week is being held down by local organizations in occupied Ohlone Territory (the San Francisco Bay Area) and is rooted in the work of our host communities. On September 9th, ITR members, allies, and friends will be joining our local hosts in local tours. This day will highlight local frontline communities, their struggles and…

RISE! For Climate Jobs and Justice March

March with It Takes Roots at the Rise for Climate, Jobs, & Justice March in San Francisco on September 8! The march will kick off the September 8-14, 2018 Solidarity to Solutions Sol 2 Sol week, which will highlight frontline communities’ solutions that address the interlinked crises of climate, economic, and racial justice. Through cross-sector, solutionary strategy exchange, local…

The People’s Orientation to the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS)

  https://youtu.be/sLPigM8fOD8 On Wednesday, September 12, as part of its Solidarity to Solutions Week, It Takes Roots- together with the funder-allies from the Funders Support Circle hosted the People’s Orientation to the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) at the International Hotel Manilatown Center. The purpose of People’s Orientation was to provide philanthropy with a critical…