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DESCRIPTION:OAKLAND: GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE\n\nFriday, Sept. 24 @ 10 AM - noon\n\nInfo: 
 https://map.fridaysforfuture.org/map?e=GtV1NuQA/2021-09-24\n\nWebsite: 
 https://fridaysforfuture.org/september24/\n\nThe climate crisis does not 
 exist in a vacuum. Other socio-economic crises such as racism, sexism, 
 ableism, class inequality, and more amplify the climate crisis and vice 
 versa. It is not just a single issue, our different struggles and 
 liberations are connected and tied to each other. We are united in our 
 fight for climate justice, but we must also acknowledge that we do not 
 experience the same problems; nor do we experience them to the same 
 extent.\n\nMAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas) are experiencing the 
 worst impacts of the climate crisis and are unable to adapt to it. This is 
 because of the elite of the Global North who have caused the destruction of 
 the lands of MAPA through colonialism, imperialism, systemic injustices, 
 and their wanton greed which ultimately caused the warming of the planet. 
 With both the COVID, climate, and every crisis in history, overexploited 
 countries and marginalized sectors of society are systematically left 
 behind to fend for themselves.\n\nThe time to join the masses and follow 
 the lead of the environmental defenders and workers has been long overdue. 
 Reparations to MAPA must be paid for the historic injustices of the richest 
 elite, drastic emission cuts in the Global North, vaccine equity, 
 cancellation of debt, and climate finance are only the beginning of these. 
 \n\nTogether we will fight for a just future where no one is left behind. 
 The historical victories of collective action have proven the need for the 
 youth to stand united with the multisectoral, intergenerational struggle 
 for a better future for all; a future where people and planet are 
 prioritized.\n\nOUR MESSAGE TO WORLD LEADERS\n\n1. The Global North needs 
 to cut emissions drastically by divesting from fossil fuels and ending its 
 extraction, burning, and use. We need concrete plans and detailed annual 
 carbon budgets with roadmaps and milestones to ensure we get to net-zero 
 with justice and equity in the time needed to address climate change.\n\n2. 
 The colonizers of the north have a climate debt to pay for their 
 disproportionate amount of historic emissions and that starts with the 
 increase of climate finance to implement anti-racist climate reparations, 
 the cancellation of debts especially for damage caused by extreme weather 
 events, and providing adaptation funds that serve the communities.\n\n3. 
 Work towards a genuinely global recovery from COVID-19 by ensuring 
 equitable vaccine distribution worldwide and suspending intellectual 
 property restrictions on COVID-19 technologies. This is an essential step 
 towards a global, green, and just recovery.\n\n4. Recognize the tangibility 
 of the climate crisis as a risk to human safety and secure the rights of 
 climate refugees in international law.\n\n5. Recognize the invaluable 
 impact of biodiversity on indigenous communities’ lives and culture, and 
 commit to make ecocide an international punishable crime.\n\n6. Stop the 
 violence and criminalization against indigenous peoples, small farmers, 
 small fisherfolk, and other environmental and land defenders. Support the 
 work they do. Respect and listen to our defenders.\n\n\nOUR MESSAGE TO 
 EVERYONE\n\n1. MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas) are unheard, not 
 voiceless. They’ve been fighting for their present, not just their 
 future. No one should be a prisoner of injustice. Don’t fight FOR MAPA, 
 fight ALONGSIDE MAPA. MAPA are not just sad experiences, we must highlight 
 their rich stories of resistance.\n\n2. MAPA countries are not “poor,” 
 they are rich with resources but have been historically and systematically 
 oppressed and kept from developing. The Global North leaders have a climate 
 debt to pay to humanity. Urgent climate action and assisting with 
 adaptation is not an “honorable duty” or “solidarity” it’s 
 reparations for the injustices high income nations and sectors have caused 
 through their exploitation.\n\n3. MAPA voices must be amplified and 
 centered in our fight for climate justice, otherwise even if we succeeded 
 in limiting global warming to safe levels for life on Earth, marginalized 
 communities would still be sacrificed and left behind, thus only part of 
 the problem would be solved.\n\n4. Now more than ever, we have to join the 
 masses and follow the lead of environmental defenders, workers, and those 
 most ignored. Join in their struggle for decolonization, justice and 
 autonomy. We must remember that our liberations are tied together.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/17/18844923.php
SUMMARY:Oakland: Global Climate Strike to Demand Climate Crisis Justice
LOCATION:Outside of Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 
 94612\nPlease wear a mask. Follow COVID safety guidelines: 
 https://covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/17/18844923.php
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