Together We Stand for Justice and Equality

Dear Grades of Green Family,

You may have noticed that we’ve chosen to mute our account over the past few days to make space for black, indigenous and people of color allies advocating for justice against police brutality and systemic racism. We’ve spent this time actively listening, learning, and reflecting on what we as an organization and our leadership can do to be stronger partners and are committed to that cause. We pledge to redouble our efforts to stand against injustice in all its forms and to amplify black, indigenous and people of color voices. We invite you to do the same. Black Lives Matter.

To our black, indigenous and people of color students — we stand with you and support you. Students are always our #1 priority and we are here to serve you. Have ideas on how we can do that? We’ll be discussing these with you soon and are here if you want to talk right now — we want to hear from you! Please send us an email or connect with your advisor.

We know that the most disastrous outcomes of environmental injustice are experienced by marginalized communities. Many of the underlying factors that cause racial and social injustice are also the cause of environmental injustice and vice versa. Because of these reasons, environmental justice and equality can’t be achieved without social justice and equality.

We recognize that the fight for the environment must go hand-in-hand with the fight for racial and social justice. We’re committed to making environmental justice a key element of our programming and know that we can do more to elevate the intersection between environmental and social justice in our work.

To that end, we are working diligently over the summer to expand our environmental justice training in our upcoming year-long Climate Campaign and are so excited to launch this new program in the fall!

If you have any suggestions or questions about Grades of Green’s commitment to environmental justice or how we are working with students to advocate for the environment, please connect with us via email!

Resources for Learning More

If you’d like to learn more about how you can take action to advocate for social and racial justice, here are some helpful resources from Black Lives Matter and Campaign Zero. To learn more about environmental justice, watch this great intro video from Grist. If you would like to be a better ally for racial and social justice and equality, these Anti-racism resources shared recently by Heal the Bay are a great place to start.

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Grades of Green

1730 E Holly Ave
El Segundo, CA 90245

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