In Photos: Peoples Climate March Draws ‘One Hell of A Lot of People’

"Indigenous people are leading the Peoples Climate March to send one clear message to Trump: keep your fossil fuels in the ground," said Dallas Goldtooth, campaigner for the Indigenous Environmental Network, ahead of the action. (Photo: Eman Mohammed/Survival Media Agency) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/29/photos-peoples-climate-march-draws-one-hell-lot-people An estimated 200,000…

Climate March Draws Thousands of Protesters Alarmed by Trump’s Environmental Agenda

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/politics/peoples-climate-march-trump.html?_r=1 By NICHOLAS FANDOSAPRIL 29, 2017 WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of demonstrators, alarmed at what they see as a dangerous assault on the environment by the Trump administration, poured into the streets here on Saturday to sound warnings both planetary and political about the Earth’s warming climate. Starting…

Impacted Communities Draw ‘Red Line’ for Mother Earth Across US Capitol

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/28/impacted-communities-draw-red-line-mother-earth-across-us-capitol by Lauren McCauley, staff writer 'We hold a red line to defend our environment, our homes, our families and our future generations' Representing the communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, activists are forming a "red line" in front of the U.S. Capitol building on Friday,…

Environmental Protest Forms a Red Line On the Capitol East Lawn

It Takes Roots Red Line Action Credit: InsideSources/Erin Mundahl http://www.insidesources.com/environmental-protest-forms-red-line-capitol-east-lawn/ Posted to Energy April 28, 2017 by Erin Mundahl On the cusp of his 100th day in office, the Trump administration was faced with another protest this week. On Friday afternoon, members of several Native American and environmentalist groups…

#BeyondTheMoment May Day Day of Action

It Takes Roots is building as part of #BeyondTheMoment and will be organizing translocal actions for May Day! March, protest, strike, and resist May 1st as we stand for labor rights, immigrant rights, reproductive rights, criminal justice, Indigenous rights, Black liberation, gender justice, LGBT rights, and our collective power as the people. May Day we resist together! More information here:…

Pre-PCM Native Round Dance at Trump Hotel

Hosted by Indigenous Environmental Network Indigenous communities are under attack for protecting Mother Earth and defending their inherent rights, as such the Indigenous Environmental Network wishes to send a message to the Trump administration and its corporate interests that our Native resistance will not be silenced! Two days before the Peoples Climate March, on Thursday April 27th, we will…

Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Hosted by WECAN Join the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) Internationsl for ‘Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change – D.C.’, a dynamic gathering with worldwide women leaders joined in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social injustice, draw attention to root causes of the climate crisis, and present the diverse array of visions and strategies…

Here’s how environmental justice leaders are pushing forward in the Trump era

Clockwise, from top left: Angela Adrar, Charles Ellison, Cecilia Martinez, Denise Abdul-Rahman, Elizabeth Yeampierre. image via Grist.com https://medium.com/@UrbanResilience/heres-how-environmental-justice-leaders-are-pushing-forward-in-the-trump-era-dd5e133aa592 A round-table of environmental justice advocates share their thoughts on the climate challenges (and opportunities) in the time of…

People’s Congress

It Takes Roots People's Congress - Solutions for the People by the People on the Frontlines! The People's Congress, Emcee'd by Kymone Freeman from WeACT Radio and Elizabeth Yeampierre from Uprose in NYC comes into session to put forth Just Transition solutions that move us away from an extractive economy and political system that is destructive. In its place people put forth solutions for…

It Takes Roots RED LINES Action

Join us April 28th in Washington DC as we unite as Mother Earth’s RED LINE to take direct action against the corporations and politicians driving the extractive economy. The day before the People’s Climate Mobilization on April 29th, we’ll form a red line to defend our planet, protect our people & communities. The Red Line is a line that cannot be crossed. We draw a red line through the…

Social Justice Groups Unite Against Trump’s Deadly, Bloated War Budget

Photo Credit: oneinchpunch / Shutterstock.com   http://www.alternet.org/world/social-justice-groups-unite-against-trumps-deadly-bloated-war-budget Coalition ties military spending to crises of climate change, poverty and violence. By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet April 4, 2017 Fifty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. denounced the triple evils of poverty, racism and militarism, a…

People of color are bracing for climate injustice under Trump

‘Our communities are in harm’s way of unmitigated climate disruption.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/19/trump-administration-climate-change-people-of-color-injustice Elizabeth C Yeampierre When things are bad for everyone, they are particularly bad for people of color. The Trump administration is about to legitimize injustice in all of our…

‘We Have to Stand Up for Ourselves’: Women’s March Mobilizes Latinas

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/we-have-stand-ourselves-women-s-march-mobilizes-latinas-n709861 by KRISTINA PUGA, MARISSA ARMAS, LYANNE ALFARO, STEPHEN A. NUÑO, SUZANNE GAMBOAand PATRICIA GUADALUPE Latinas participated in massive marches across the country Saturday to usher in a new fight for civil and gender rights, environmental protections, access to reproductive health services and…

Disruption Is Good—Starting with the Inauguration

Progressive groups across the spectrum faced an influx of calls and interest almost immediately post-election, and—for many—this weekend’s protests will feed into longer-term organizing. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) http://inthesetimes.com/article/19830/disruption-is-goodstarting-with-the-inauguration This weekend’s protests are just the beginning. BY KATE ARONOFF,  In These Times There’s…

Rising Up and Shutting it Down: The Trump Inauguration Protests in Images and Quotes

http://www.alternet.org/rising-and-shutting-it-down-trump-inauguration-protests-images-and-quotes Activists and concerned members of the public put their bodies on the line Friday to resist the 45th president. By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet January 20, 2017 Photo Credit: Mijente Early Friday morning, social movements from across the country converged in numerous locations across…

Trump Inauguration

Women of color led the way.  This weekend we all helped to build the largest mobilization against the inauguration of a President in the history of the United States!  From DC to Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, New York, Oakland, to countless cities and towns across the country and around the world, millions of people took to the streets.  While many of the marches drew broad participation from…

Women of Color protect the land, water, and housing for all of us.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2017 Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, veterans, climate and housing activists from across the country join together to stage disruption at Department of Energy and HUD WHEN:     Friday, January 20 9am at the Department of Energy; 10am at the Department of Housing and Urban Development WHERE:     Beginning at 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. (Department…