Life is not fair. Some people are born with great advantages and others are born with major disadvantages. This is a fact of life that we are faced with from birth…and one that African Americans are all too familiar with.
Being disproportionally affected by diseases, unemployment, divorce, crime, failing education systems (the list goes on and on) are facts that African Americans...
Keep it Fresh is a campaign by and for young people from across the country. We recognize the problems facing our neighborhoods, the power of hip-hop to be a force for positive change in our communities, and our potential to create real solutions right now.
From going on tour with Wiz Khalifa and Drake and holding it down at the Life is Living Festival, to traveling to college campuses - we find fresh ways to support young people taking action to transform the places where we work, live and play.
On Wednesday, we launched a campaign about everyone’s right to Fresh Food, complete with music videos, a Facebook contest,*...
We did it! The Keystone XL Pipeline has been deferred, and young people played a serious role in making it happen!
"It was your leadership that got this done. It was the leadership of the thousands who protested last weekend in Washington, of the hundreds who went to jail to draw attention to the cause. It was the leadership of young people and indigenous people and retirees and communities of color..."
Check out Phaedra's full post here: bit.ly/ruaS1m
On Wednesday, Green For All participated in the General Strike in solidarity with Occupy Oakland. We joined thousands of workers, students, and city residents, marching for economic sanity, and for a better quality of life. It was a really powerful day.
But you might be wondering...what comes next?
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins asked this question on Twitter. She asked people to share their thoughts on the next steps for the #Occupy movement, and we got some interesting responses below.
As you read these, you may want to think about your own next steps in engaging your block around critical issues to ensure health and economic vitality for your community!
...In communities across the country, people are struggling. Families are struggling to make ends meet due to joblessness and low wages. In these same communities, children struggle to breathe because their neighborhoods are plagued with industrial pollution. Across the country people suffer the burden of pollution and poverty. That is why Green For All and the Hip Hop Caucus co-founded the Green The Block campaign, and why Green For All carries on this campaign today.
Green The Block is a national campaign aimed at helping low-income communities of color address the many environmental issues affecting our cities and towns and to become a driving force a new clean-energy economy. It is a long-term campaign grounded in regular people like you stepping up to educate and engage our communities so we can effectively join together with our neighbors, community organizations, and businesses to take action block by block!
Check out the quarterly action themes, get involved and take action in your community today.
Join Green The Block today!
