It’s All Connected
I was proud to make signs for and walk in the March for Clean Energy on Sunday, as part of the SURJ contingent-- Showing Up for Racial Justice.
People of Color are disproportionately affected by climate disruption. I saw this when I was in New Orleans a couple month ago-- because the Lower Ninth Ward is still rebuilding 11 years after Katrina, while the French Quarter is thriving. My heart broke when I learned about the prisoners in New Orleans who were not evacuated-- those who were essentially tortured, and those who died because their lives didn’t matter in the eyes of those in power. And I remembered what I’d learned about mass incarceration, and how black Americans are imprisoned at almost 6 times the rate of white Americans. Race justice and Climate justice are connected, which is why I made these signs.
Thank you everyone who showed up on Sunday. I heard there were about 10,000 people there.