We Will Win People’s Solutions

Already from the first day the Biden administration is delivering on key demands from our movements, but we know continued bold action is needed to get anywhere near the transformative solutions our communities need to survive and thrive. The work has just begun to hold a Biden presidency accountable to advancing the climate, racial, gender, and housing justice solutions that the frontlines have…

Press coverage

Recent Press Coverage Democracy Now: Biden Be Bold: AOC & Cori Bush Join Climate Protest Outside DNC Urging Activists to “Bring the Heat” Highlights Waging Nonviolence - How military veterans are answering the call to defend Black lives - Oct 2020 Common Dreams - 500+ Groups Demand 'People's Bailout' to Counter Push for Wall Street-Friendly Coronavirus Response…

Green New Deal

Green New Deal Toward a Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy We're fighting for a Green New Deal as a mid-term vehicle toward our long term goal of a just transition away from an extractive economy, to be replaced by a regenerative economy built on principles of care, feminism, Indigenous sovereignty, and justice for communities on the frontlines of climate change.…

Frontline leaders occupy the DNC for climate justice

The people decided and we are ready to lead. Recently, frontline organizations led by Black, Indigenous and brown communities from across Turtle Island occupied the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington for 24 hours to demand that President-Elect Biden and his administration follow through on a bold agenda to address the climate crisis and racial justice. Watch the video…

The people have decided and won

Haga clic para el español Today, we celebrate the defeat of Trump at the hands of our communities. A record number of Black, Indigenous, people of color, and frontline communities took to the polls in the face of a global pandemic and explicit threats from white supremacists to win this election. For the people whose right to vote is suppressed because of immigration status or due to former or…

Together we weather the storm / Juntos le hacemos frente a la tormenta

This week we are casting our ballots and showing up to defend the election. We do it not for candidates but for our communities and a deeply democractic future. A number of local races will have an immediate and direct impact to fight climate change, advance housing justice, and build a care economy rooted in values of grassroots feminism and Indigenous sovereignty. Still we know we can’t rely on…

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…

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 Response 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 workers who are essential, not the bosses and bankers who are profiteering off our exploitation. People are coming together to…

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…

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…

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 Talking Points

It Takes Roots Solidarity to Solutions Week Background & Talking Points Given the current political climate in the United States, and given that any authentic, scalable solution must also be a local solution, when people in positions of power and privilege come together to discuss potential solutions to a problem, we must be highly vigilant questioning who is to benefit and at what real…