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How Community Organizing Helped Me Branch Out While Staying Grounded in My Roots

August 22, 2019

By Jamal Meneide

We all want to see our communities grow into places where all families can thrive. Correia’s reflections reveal how his experience with community engagement and organizing can result in environmental justice and overall powerful change.

Bold ideas rooted in the lives, experiences of real people

March 21, 2019

By Center for Community Change

Now you can check out some of the discussions from the event and hear for yourself how power and agency are at the root of economic justice for our communities.

The Power of the Green New Deal

March 15, 2019

By Mikka Macdonald

When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first released her plan to combat climate change and build the economy, I was sitting at the edge of my bed, exhausted. I had been waiting…

Puerto Ricans Fleeing Island May Change Florida’s Political Landscape

October 30, 2018

By Maliha Kareem

Florida is home to over 1.13 million Boricuas, 70% of whom tend to vote Democrat. This is why coming November, Boricuas who previously lived on the island but were unable…

It’s time lawmakers listened: Access to clean water is a human right

October 29, 2018

By Mikka Macdonald

A few weeks ago, a contestant in the Miss America contest made headlines when she introduced herself by saying, “From the state with 84 percent of the United States’ fresh…

Climate Voters Ready to Vote in November

October 24, 2018

By Laura Munoz

As a young child living in Colombia I lived through an earthquake. I am thankful to have been far from the epicenter of the shake in a well constructed structure,…

Voting to Make Florida’s Environment a Priority

October 8, 2018

By Maliha Kareem

Water is life.  And in many ways, it is what defines Florida. As a first generation American whose family came from Iraq, a nation with critical environment-related threats to human…

Building Resistance through Climate Awareness

September 14, 2018

By Topacio Marrero

Last week, the New Florida Majority, a statewide organizing group, sponsored a climate event that called attention to the impact of climate gentrification on our communities and called on vulnerable…

This Land is Our Land: Redefining “Outdoorsy”

July 28, 2018

By Mikka Macdonald

This Land Is Our Land is a series about diversity in the outdoors. You can read part one here and part two here.  Airfare to mountains: $800. Trekking gear: $900. Local lodging:…

This Land is Our Land: Outgrowing Our Roots

July 20, 2018

By Mikka Macdonald

This Land is Our Land is a series about diversity in the American outdoors. You can read part one here. Today, approximately eighty percent of park visitors are white, and…

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