Audre Lorde Project, 147 West 24th St. 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Why should climate justice activists unite with human rights activists, particularly anti-police brutality and anti-racism activists? What links our struggles? And how can we work together in a movement that will hold the crises-makers accountable and allow us to take justice?
Friday, September 19, 6-9pm
Audre Lorde Project
147 West 24 Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
This September, activists from around the globe will be descending upon New York City to demand for real solutions to the worsening global climate crisis. Most will come from the Global South, where plunder and large-scale, multinational extractive industries have not only ruined the environment, but people’s livelihood and security as well.
At the same time, in North, there is a growing cry from communities across the US for justice in response to more and more Black lives being taken by state-sponsored violence, in particular with of the events unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri.
But the ecological crisis and human rights crisis are not disparate phenomenons, even though the US and other state governments would like us to believe so. Both have their roots in the destructive nature of the global economy based on super-profits, war, militarization, and plunder.
Why should climate justice activists unite with human rights activists, particularly anti-police brutality and anti-racism activists? What links our struggles? And how can we work together in a movement that will hold the crises-makers accountable and allow us to take justice?
Sponsored by:
International League of Peoples Struggle
Indigenous Peoples Movement for Liberation and Self-Determination
Land is Life
BAYAN USA
Co-Sponsors:
Audre Lorde Project
Asia Pacific Not 4 Sale
International Women's Alliance
Revolutionary Students Organizing Committee
Women's Fightback Network