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Join Power Lines editors Jeff Ordower and Lindsay Zafir as they discuss the intertwined nature of climate and labor movement with Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds (Weequahic Park Association) and Sara Cullinane (Make the Road NJ).  After their organizations dedicated years of struggle against retail behemoth Amazon, Victor Hinds and Cullinane collaborated to contribute Ch. 10, “Good Jobs, Clean Air: How Community, Environmental Justice, and Labor Groups Stopped Amazon’s Air Hub in New Jersey.”  Power Lines: Building A Labor–Climate Justice Movement goes beyond an analysis of the class politics of climate change or the imperative of federal climate legislation, making the case for the urgency of a robust labor–climate justice movement. It also shows us how we can build momentum by sharing some of the most creative organizing happening on the ground right now. Readers learn about planting seeds for the future from Winona La Duke and Ashley Fairbanks; about achieving a Just Transition from José Bravo; about listening to the land from frontline farmworker organizations; about how young people can bridge the climate–labor gap, and more.

Empower NJ Coalition Rally against PVSC and NJ TransitGrid Proposed Power Plant in overburdened Newark, NJ  

How do we use data to build trust and support for our water systems while improving performance? Despite the many advances in water treatment and sanitation systems and their successes, trust in these systems can seem fragile. It is important to build trust in water systems to help generate community support for much-needed investments in them. Trust building starts with sharing information and data between utilities and the communities they serve. In this workshop, we will have a facilitated discussion exploring the power of data and also the risks. Speakers will share what NJ residents know and think about their water systems, examples of successful water dashboards, evolving state requirements for data, and a demo of Jersey WaterCheck—Jersey Water Work’s new data dashboard.

Moderators:  Naomi Klein | Author, Activist, and Inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick  Neil Maher | Environmental Historian, Federated History Department at NJIT and RU-N  Chief Vincent Mann | Water Protector and Community Organizer, Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation Turtle Clan   Maria Lopez-Nunez | Advocate and Organizer, Director of Environmental Justice and Community Development- Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark NJ    Jack Tchen | Public Historian and Director, Clement A. Price Institute, Rutgers University-Newark

FRESH Justice brings local New Jersey activists and householders Wynnie Hinds and Carol Bratman to the 'round table' to highlight lead contamination issues in New Jersey, and Bergen County in particular, and to explore ways to hold Suez and the NJDEP accountable. #Lead #NJDEP #SUEZ #Carcinogens #Toxic #PUR #Filters #CleanWater #Newark #LeadCrisis #NewJersey

Discussion about the documentary film The Sacrifice Zone and divestment from fossil fuels with 350.org, environmental activists and community members. "The Ironbound district of Newark, New Jersey, is one of the most toxic neighborhoods in the country. Maria Lopez-Nuñez, a Honduran-American resident there, is waging a war for environmental justice. She is part of the Ironbound Community Corporation, one of the most effective environmental justice organizations in the country. The Sacrifice Zone follows Maria as she leads a group of environmental justice fighters determined to break the cycle of poor communities of color serving as dumping grounds for our consumer society."