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.
Burdens and Blessings
Intersectional Statistics and Stories of Black Women and Energy Justice
This paper explores the disproportionate impacts of the fossil fuel economy on Black women in the United States—and how Black women are leading the way to energy democracy.
Join the Black Climate Justice Toastmasters
Unleash your voice. Ignite change.
Introducing 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.
Black Liberation and Just Transition Institute
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Enroll in the Black Liberation and Just Transition Institute and learn to use the Just Transition framework and help lead climate justice efforts in your community.
Latest Blog Posts
Black Women Are Leading the Way to Energy Justice
Amy Mays endured repeated electricity shutoffs in her Arizona home, endangering her family with life-threatening temperatures and putting her business at risk. But Amy didn’t just survive, she innovated. Amy turned to solar power, going off-grid to power her home and business. In this way, Amy transformed crisis into opportunity — and she’s not the only one.
Breaking the Silence: Redefining Expertise for Black Liberation and Just Transition
In 1999, my son Noah died from medical errors following a routine tonsillectomy. As my grief shifted, sometimes softening and sometimes intensifying, I found myself consumed not just by how he died, but by how I was treated as his mother. I was young, he was our first child, and I knew something was wrong. Yet despite being the one constant presence at his side, the person who spent every moment with him after surgery, I was the one least heard. My voice was silenced, and it caused Noah’s death.