From the Editor's Desk
The Cost of The Climate Emergency Reverend Leo Woodberry
Dear friends of the Environment Freedom and Progress,
The year 2022 was a difficult yet amazing year. We saw so many things continue that are harmful to our communities, our nation, and our planet. There were still mass shootings, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions continued to contribute to climate change, and challenges to democracy and freedom remained unabated. However, a huge amount of progress was also made. This is best exemplified by what happened at the United Nations FCC COP 27 in Egypt, as well as our Annual Creating a Climate for Change Conference. Let us start with the Creating a Climate for Change Conference. The theme of the conference was the New Reality Implementing Community Solutions. We had amazing speakers, and panelists, from the White House to federal agencies, and the Governor's Office of South Carolina. We had people who are making amazing changes when it comes to implementation to deal with the impacts of climate change. No matter if we're looking at the freedmen community of Sandbranch, Texas and the work that is being done by the Shirley Chisholm Legacy Project, or Sister Queen Shabazz who is working Petersburg, Virginia, creating a solar Training Center, or the work that is being done in North Charleston by the LowCountry Alliance for Model Communities, or The Amani Group’s training for remediation in Aiken, South Carolina, and of course, our New Alpha Community Development Corporation's construction of the Environmental Justice Sustainability and Training Center on our seven and a half acres of land in Brittons Neck, South Carolina. Yes, we are moving forward, but we still have not seen any more than a tiny trickle of the resources needed from both the Justice 40 Initiative and the Infrastructure Reduction Act. Both of which were promised to get resources directly to the community. And we need you, you, and yes, you too to continue to speak to policymakers on all levels, to make sure that resources are going to the EJ organizations that are really making a difference by providing solutions and those who want to do so.
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