'Why? Because we’re scared. And because we’re angry.' In her latest OpEd, Chanté Davis on how she and the SunriseMvmtHTX are working to combat the imminent threat of climate change.
Right now, along with the organizers from Sunrise Movement, I am marching 400 miles from my old home, New Orleans, to the city where I now live, Houston. We are envisioning bold action, we are envisioning a Green New Deal, and we are thinking about what it’d be like if our government delivered on its promises in a just post-COVID world.
Why? Because we’re scared. And because we’re angry. We’re angry that Biden and Congress have not done more to combat the imminent threat of climate change. We are angry that we are being neglected at a time when many of us are under- or unemployed. We are marching because right now, we have an economy that places profits over the well-being of Black and brown communities. We are marching through the sweltering summer heat because we need good jobs and real solutions to save our planet.
Down in the Gulf South, our reality is measured in months, not years. Already, the next hurricane season is on the horizon. Our reality is our fear of drinking from the tap because we know the water in many of our towns and cities is not clean. Our reality is seeing generations of our familiesbecause our elected officials let polluters invade our communities.
A Civilian Climate Corps would be groundbreaking, and we already have the blueprint and legislation to create one. In April, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act in Congress. Their legislation would put more than 1.5 million Americans to work in well-paying union jobs who can help literally save our country from collapse by building up our sustainable infrastructure.
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