Dear members and supporters, We are sharing two urgent appeals for solidarity from our member organizations on the frontlines of climate crises, in Jackson, Mississippi, and across all of Puerto Rico. We are also aware that many of our movement relatives in Florida are now without power and we are watching mindfully as folks along the East Coast prepare for coming storms. From Grassroots International, in coordination with Organización Boricua: Puerto Rico’s 3.2 million people were without electricity after the brutal landing of Hurricane Fiona one week ago — thousands of families to this day remain without access to electricity. Firsthand reports from our partners described the evacuation of families, lack of energy and water, and farmers salvaging what remained of their crops in the
aftermath.
As our movement partners tell us, this disaster is compounded by the very social disasters of colonialism and privatization. “We’ll be spending the rest of our lives distributing filters, distributing bottles of water, etc., if we don’t address the fundamental problem. We’ll be continuously responding to disasters, disasters that more often than not stem from policies that we need to transform”— Iniciativa de Eco Desarrollo de Bahía de Jobos (IDEBAJO). We are asking our friends and supporters to please donate in whatever ways you are able to the Puerto Rico frontline just recovery fund that Grassroots International created. All funds will go directly to hurricane response and recovery efforts by the long-term partners and trusted allies of Grassroots International on the ground in Puerto Rico, including GGJ member organization Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico.
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