Climate Justice Alliance
The Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) is a non-governmental collective of over 70 rural and urban community-based organizations focused on sustainability, development of underrepresented communities, race and ethnicity, economic development, and poverty alleviation — all with the wider aim of addressing climate change. Founded in 2013, CJA is rooted in the environmental justice movement in that it centers efforts around protesting and organizing against the disproportionate harm of climate change on marginalized communities. The stated goal of CJA to create "[apply] the power of deep grassroots organizing to win local, regional, statewide, and national shifts" in regards to climate change and unjust exposure of marginalized communities to its damaging effects. History Roots While CJA was officially formed in 2013, the organization traces its origin to a 3-year period of coordinated grassroots protest activities. Most notably, early members of CJA organized a 400-person assembly for climate justice at the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit. Formation of CJA Following its formal establishment, CJA launched its first coordinated effort with an organized effort hosted by the Black Mesa Water Coalition in the Black Mesa region of Arizona. The activities sought to coordinate community-led action strategies to alleviate urban development of the region and