350PDX’s JEDI Plan Launches!
Historically, mainstream narratives around climate change were not about righting its root causes of racial, economic, or social injustice, but the preservation of land/species while maintaining inequitable power structures. Few voices pointed out how the profit-making impulse that extracts value from the earth – and destroys it in the process – is the same impulse that rationalizes the exploitation of Black, Brown, and other historically marginalized communities. Both stem from putting profits before life.
But we are wiser now. We recognize a just, fossil free world hinges on actively dismantling personal, organizational, and systemic oppression. And that vision drives 350PDX’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) work. That is why we are thrilled, after over a year of brainstorming, strategizing, and planning, to be launching our 2020 – 2022 JEDI Plan!
A circle of people hold up a pink lotus with the Earth in the center. Justice First reads across the bottom. Art by Celeste Byers (http://www.celestebyers.com/) as part of Amplifier Art.
We invite you to join us on our journey to build an organizational culture and structure that is transparent, inclusive, equitable, and accountable to each other and to those on the frontlines of climate chaos and the industries driving it, because a vision is nothing without action.
In the past five months 350PDX’s JEDI Committee have created:
- A staff, Board, and volunteer Code of Conduct & Anti-Discrimination Statement which outlines expectations around anti-oppressive and inclusive behavior
- A Climate Justice 101 training, part of our upcoming four-part Climate Movement Foundations Training series, and have also integrated climate justice education, why we center frontline community leadership, and other equitable organizing skills into the other three Foundations Trainings
- A framework for a cohort of team representatives who will dive deeper into JEDI training and understanding to bring this framework into all our teams’ work
- A Movement Building Plan to make our organizing more accessible by training up volunteers, planning scalable and accessible actions, and finding new ways to support volunteers
We are thrilled to continue this work and use our JEDI Plan as the foundation for our 2021 – 2023 Strategic Planning. This is just the beginning, we know we have a lot more to do. Read about our next steps in the JEDI plan.
Are you excited by the idea of supporting 350PDX to integrate JEDI principles and tactics better into our everyday work? If so, consider joining our Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee! We are currently accepting applications. Folks of color, youth, or low-income people strongly encouraged to apply. Get more info and apply here.
Do you believe in a fossil free future which uplifts and centers those most impacted by the effects of climate chaos and the industries causing it?
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Thank you all for the work that you do, be kind to yourself, be kind to each other,
Anais, Barbara, Brooke, Chris, Ellen, Jordan, and Lucy – The 350PDX JEDI Committee
