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Dear John,

The Temp Check has returned! We hope you are reading us by a pool, rocking
on a porch, or wherever you find yourself most at peace with yourself and
your community. This month, a devastating decision came down from the US
Supreme Court (SCOTUS), rooted in injustice and as a part of a conservative
tide that so many of us are organizing against nationally and in our
communities. Gender justice is intricately linked to climate justice and
this is just one simple reminder of it. Those expected to be most harmed by
this decision are Black and Brown, low-income women who continue to bear
the brunt of the burden of our interlinked economic, racial, social and
climate crises. In a system supposedly constructed with checks and balances
in mind, the SCOTUS has taken it upon themselves to overturn settled law
with no regard for justice. Our elders spent generations battling to secure
self-determination and equal protections under the law for our communities,
but in less than a year we’ve seen the courts tank a woman’s right to
choose, remove Miranda rights, and block residents of Puerto Rico from
receiving federal benefits.

The Supreme Court is also slated this week to deliver another blow to the
environmental justice movement by reducing the powers of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate polluting industries. As CJA
Co-Executive Director Bineshi Albert recently pointed out, “At the very
minimum, one would expect the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate
emissions, however now even that is being called into question with an
upcoming ruling by the largely Republican influenced Supreme Court that
aims to cut this from its purview. Those on the frontlines of the climate
crisis fought hard to enact the Clean Air Act and the Clean Power Plan and
we can't afford for these to be eroded. Instead of cowering to the oil,
coal and gas industries, the Supreme Court should ensure that people's
health and well-being is safeguarded and protected, not the profits of big
business.” For more information on where the decision stands check out
our social media platforms for updates at @CJAOurPower [4]. [4]

BUILDING THE NEW: CJA MEMBERS CELEBRATE BLACK FREEDOM BY EMBODYING IT

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This Juneteenth, CJA celebrated Black freedom and remembers the importance
of self-determination and power held by so many of those who began the
climate and environmental justice movements decades ago. Juneteenth is a
celebration of a specific historic moment, in which “Black folks
commemorate the day in 1865 when, more than two years after President
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union Major General Gordon
Granger arrived at Galveston Island with federal troops to enforce the
emancipation of enslaved people in the region.” As this article notes
[6], Juneteenth is both a celebration of joy, beauty, and power of Black
people as well as the freedoms for which they and we are still fighting
for. You can learn more about Juneteenth and the work of the
#CJABlackCaucus [7] here.

THIS MONTH, CJA WORKED TIRELESSLY TO...

NEW $10 MILLION NARRATIVE & COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT KICKS OFF WITH
FRONTLINE CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUPS

We’re excited to share that we have officially begun the Communicating
Our Power Fellowship in partnership with Center for Story-based Strategy
and the Solutions Project! With fellows from 20 community and base-building
organizations throughout the country, we can’t wait to see how their
narrative power building unfolds, and expands powerful storytelling in
their own words. To learn more about this historic project, read our most
recent Medium article here. [8]

FIGHT THE BAD: COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT HELPS HALT FREEWAY
EXPANSION IN LOS ANGELES

After fifteen years and millions of dollars spent by the Los Angeles Metro
our member in LA, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) and their
allies, got the chance to celebrate when the transit agency rejected a
planned freeway expansion. Along with destroying hundreds of homes and
businesses, the expansion would have increased diesel pollution in areas
along the highway – predominantly communities of color. You can learn
more about the win here [9].

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