Poder Latinx Joins Arizona Environmental Organizations for Rally Celebrating Earth and Pushing for Change
PRESS ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2022
CONTACT:
Jackie Elisa Smith | 989-576-1996 jsmith@poderlatinx.org
Poder Latinx Joins Arizona Environmental Organizations for Rally Celebrating Earth and Pushing for Change
WHAT: Earth Day Rally
WHO: Poder Latinx, Climate Action Campaign, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light, Arizona Working Families Party, EcoMadres, EDF Action (Advocacy Partner of The Environmental Defense Fund), Green New Deal Network, Moms Clean Air Force, and Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter
Featured Speakers:
Martin Quezada, State Senator LD-29
Rep. Raul Grijalva, Congressman
Lauren Kuby, Tempe City Councilmember
Kyle Mitchell, Diné Storyteller
Carletta Tilousi, White House Environmental Justice Council
Sonja Klinsky, Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Reverend and Senior Pastor, First Institutional Baptist Church
WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 3 p.m. PDT
WHERE: Arizona State Capitol, 1700 W Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85007
PHOENIX - Climate action at the scale of the crisis; millions of union clean energy and care jobs; racial, economic, and environmental justice. For months, we’ve waited for our elected officials to keep their promises and pass a bill to make that vision a reality. But special interests have continued to block progress, against the will of the people.
Enough is enough. We cannot wait any longer. Every year the heat rises, storms worsen, and our dependence on foreign fuels enables authoritarian power grabs--as the world is witnessing with the invasion of Ukraine. We need a massive build-out of American-made clean energy to preserve a habitable planet, create good union jobs, and lower energy bills. We need Congress and state legislatures to invest in an equitable transition to clean energy, made right here in America, and to invest in care jobs to preserve a livable planet and thriving, sustainable communities.
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