Supporter,


George Floyd should be alive.


We remember George Floyd and how his life mattered. The conviction of Derek Chauvin, made possible because of the recording of a bystander, is a small step towards accountability. But it is not justice.


The structures of oppression and white supremacy are set up to exhaust, divide, and frighten us. During the verdict announcement, sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was brutally murdered by police in Columbus, OH, reinforcing why our fight for justice can’t stop here, as our nation mourns another Black life taken by police.

Justice requires long term structural change to extract the racism embedded into every aspect of this country and truly upend these systems of hate. Justice requires reimagining community safety, safety for all of us, and demanding a massive shift in the design and objectives of our criminal justice system. Justice requires stopping racist, state-sanctioned violence against Black and Brown individuals and communities so we can create sustainable and resilient communities where we can all live and breathe safely.


But we will not be stopped. We will continue to work together with our partners to create communities where everyone can thrive, with clean air, water, energy, and a stable and safe climate for all.


Environmental destruction requires us to believe that some people and communities are disposable, leading to catastrophes like climate change and unsafe air and water. These burdens are most heavily placed on Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and other communities of color. White supremacy is a necessary precondition for big polluters' agenda. To protect the planet, we must dismantle systemic racism wherever it exists. We must dismantle harmful police systems and replace them with real investments in people and communities.


Community activists from Minneapolis to George Floyd's birthplace of Houston, from coast to coast, across our country are leading this work. We invite you to seek them out in your local community, listen to them, and become co-conspirators in their work. Since George Floyd’s murder, they have been leading in promoting community care and healing, even under threat of increasing police militarization and violence. They are leading, demanding investments in people not police, in sustainability not fossil fuels and pollution. Because we will never achieve a planet where we all can thrive together without ending the threat of police violence.

Listen to and support these organizations doing this work in your community, as well as in Minneapolis. A few examples of these:

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Documenting MN

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Atlas of Blackness

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Brooklyn Center Mutual Aid

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Holistic Heaux

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38th and Chicago Ave

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Rochester Community Initiative

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Rochester for Justice

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CAIR-MN

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Unicorn Riot

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MN Teen Activists


Together we can make a just, livable planet for everyone, but that starts with protecting the lives of Black people against militarized police.


Margaret Levin

State Director

Minnesota Sierra Club, North Star Chapter













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