East Oakland Community Organizer (Deadline Friday Aug, 30): The Community Organizer position will be responsible for executing our organizing and outreach plans to build CBE’s base through strategies of building healthier and greener communities. Read more.
Author Archives: Sylvia
CBE and Allies File Suit to Demand a Smarter Growth Plan from Agencies
CBE, Earthjustice and Sierra Club challenge Bay Area transit agencies for failing to protect the health of vulnerable communities along the Bay Area’s transportation corridors, for failing to ensure access to affordable housing for Bay Area residents, and for failing to adequately address the displacement of low income communities and communities of color. Read the press release here. Read the legal petition here.
CAP-AND-TRADE: WHO WILL BENEFIT
Bill Gallegos and Alicia Rivera are featured in this 35 min blog radio segment about the low-income communities of color whose health will be traded away under Cap and Trade.
Living and Breathing in the Shadow of Chevron
CBE Richmond Organizer, Andres Soto, is featured in this eight minute video about the health harms that will inevitably befall low-income communities of color if Cap & Trade is implemented in California. Read the accompanying article in The Nation, “Will California’s Cap and Trade Be Fair?”
Climate Change: Rising Tides, Rising Voices
Community Organizer, Alicia Rivera, is featured in this Free Speech Radio News documentary about the impact of climate change upon Southern California communities. Listen to the entire documentary or jump to Alicia’s interview.
Bill Gallegos and Climate Justice
Bill Gallegos speaks to Pacifica Evening News about the likely harmful effects of California’s Cap and Trade program upon low-income communities. This KPFA radio segment aired 11/12/12.
Where We Live: The Changing Face of Climate Activism
This 9-minute documentary eloquently portrays the crucial role played by environmental justice organizers in mobilizing the vote to defend California’s historic global warming legislation, linking their work to similar efforts around the world.
Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire
An in depth interview with CBE Organizer, Andres Soto, regarding the Richmond refinery fire on Aug. 6, 2012.
Draft state report outlines steps to improve safety
Response to Obama’s Climate Action Plan
Communities on the frontlines of the impacts of climate change are all too aware of the urgency President Obama articulated in framing the Climate Action Plan… Read more.