Poder Latinx Joins Georgia Environmental Organizations for Earth Day Rally

PRESS ADVISORY 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 18, 2022

CONTACT:

Jackie Elisa Smith  | 989-576-1996  jsmith@poderlatinx.org 

 

Poder Latinx Joins Georgia Environmental Organizations for Earth Day Rally

WHAT: Earth Day Rally

WHO: Poder Latinx, Sierra Club Georgia Chapter, Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, EDF Action, Moms Clean Air Force, Green New Deal Network, Georgia WAND, Partnership for Southern Equity, Environment GA, The People’s Agenda, Sustainable Georgia Futures, EV Noire, Georgia Conservation Voters, Climate Reality Project Atlanta, GALEO, Represent Georgia, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Poor People's Campaign, Change the Chamber, Green the Church, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and more!

Featured Speakers:

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens  

Rayne Blasingame, 11th grader, Mom’s Clean Air Force 

Rev. William Flippin Jr., Green the Church

Deborah Opie, Senior Organizer, Georgia Conservation Voters

Aliya Elmore, State Policy Intern, Sierra Club

Billy Honor, Community Organizer 

WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 12 p.m. EST

WHERE: Liberty Plaza, 262 Capitol Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30334

ATLANTA - 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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