Catalysts for a New Democracy
Catalysts for a New Democracy (CND) is a call forward — a bold invitation to follow the leadership of rural, Black frontline communities shaping a more just and livable world.
We are stepping forward with renewed resolve as we come together with communities to unblock the pathways to health, wellness, fulfillment, and self-determination that have been made purposefully difficult to navigate.
Fossil Fuel Foolishness Persists but the Resistance is Rising
Fossil Fueled Foolery 3.0 (FFF 3.0) exposes the fossil fuel industry’s top ten manipulation tactics, including the false choices they routinely present to Black communities. FFF 3.0 also shares examples of local leaders in the U.S. and across the globe who see through the corporate playbook, resist the falsehoods, and clear the way for true justice and a regenerative economy. The first FFF report was issued in 2019, followed by FFF 2.0 in 2021, to ensure that NAACP branches, chapters, and state conferences are fully aware of the practices employed by the fossil fuel industry to entice Black communities to act against their own interests. The original reports shed light on the deceptive tactics used by fossil fuel conglomerates and their supporters at the expense of communities most affected by their pollution. Over the past five years, more revolts have halted corporate greed in its tracks, many of which are described in FFF 3.0. Don't miss this quick guide to the tricks and traps set by polluting industries for your community — and what we can do to resist!
Afro-Descendant Climate Justice Database
Search our new database of over 190 organizations working for climate justice globally.
Cultivating the Conditions for Black Liberation and Just Transition:
An Encyclopedia of Power, Peril and U.S. Climate Finance Policy Prerequisites
This new report provides a detailed framework for transforming climate finance policy through a Black Liberation lens.
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Black Liberation and Just Transition Institute
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TCLP at NYC Climate Week
The Chisholm Legacy Project is attending NYC Climate Week, happening Sept. 20-27, and we hope to see you there! Join us as we bring a Black Liberation and Just Transition…
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What the Water Already Knew
I didn’t grow up knowing the word “environmental justice.” I grew up knowing that half the kids in my school on the south side of Chicago had asthma. I grew up knowing that my father – a mechanic, who never smoked a cigarette in his life – died of pulmonary fibrosis. I grew up in a city ringed by coal-fired power plants, in a country where 78 percent of African Americans live within 30 miles of one – where, as the Coal Blooded report I would later help produce at the NAACP documented, a Black family earning $50,000 a year is more likely to live near a toxic facility than a white family earning $15,000. The plants were profitable. The neighborhoods were not an accident. I just didn’t yet have the language for what I was seeing.
