Dear John, 

Happy Earth Day! Today marks the 50th anniversary of the holiday, which was founded in 1970 when 20 million people mobilized to fight for environmental protection.

This year’s Earth Day theme is climate action and we want you to join us in the fight to protect our earth for both our generation and the generations to come.

Experts say we have only 30 years to take action to prevent a global catastrophe caused by climate change. This is especially urgent as the impacts of climate change will not be felt equally across the population.

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Did you know that climate change has a disproportionate impact on marginalized groups, including Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income communities around the world?

Along with other forms of systemic inequality, environmental racism can cause many of the underlying conditions that make COVID-19 particularly dangerous for Black and Brown communities.

These communities tend to be more exposed to environmental hazards ranging from living on or near pollution sites, to not being able to rebuild quickly following a natural disaster. Which means COVID-19  is hitting already struggling communities especially hard.

In fact, a study released last week found that people living in areas with higher air pollution—overwhelmingly communities of color—are 15% more likely to die from COVID-19 if they contract it.

Curious about how to get started fighting for a cleaner future for all? Check out this state-of-play video from our We Are Progress FREE online course. Here, you’ll learn about climate change and what our federal government is doing (or not doing) to lower our country’s greenhouse gas emissions, and ways you can take action today.

After you watch, join me in using GP’s online tool to call on your legislators to fight back against the Trump administration’s environmental protection rollbacks.

The fight for a just climate takes action from us all. Earth Day is the perfect day to get your activism on.

In solidarity,

Lotanna Obodozie
Advocacy Associate
Generation Progress