NMIPL IN THE NEWS
Carlsbad Current Argus. Sep. 3, 2020 New Mexico finalizes oil and gas wastewater regulations, lawmakers hear testimony (Rev. Nick King Quoted)
Las Cruces Sun-News, Aug. 19, 2020, Report on solving climate crisis brings hope (Co-authored by Michael Sells, Clara Sims and Edith Yanez)
Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug. 15, 2020 Vote your values this November (Commentary by Larry Rasmussen and Tabitha Arnold)
Video: Panel on Oil, Gas, Ethics and the Green Amendment
/in Featured Articles /by adminClimate Justice is Racial Justice
/in Featured Articles /by adminA statement from the national Interfaith Power and Light
In the United States, the effects of the climate crisis are felt first and worst by frontline communities of color and low-income people. It’s critical that we connect the dots between climate and racial justice in order to truly build communities that are equitable for all. Black, Brown, and Indigenous people are more likely to be killed by police than white people. At Interfaith Power & Light, we believe that taking bold and just action on climate change means seeking justice for the lives of our Black brothers and sisters. Read the statement from our President and board of directors in response to the killing of George Floyd here .
In this extraordinary moment of awakening, spurred by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, people of faith and conscience in our country are demanding an end to police violence against people of color, and shining a spotlight on systemic racism that plagues us. The legacy of white supremacy has tainted our country and still touches every aspect of life today, 400 years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to North America. We must seize this “kairos moment” — a moment of revealing — and of ripeness and opportunity, to help a new world to be born. Below, we have compiled some resources for you to use as you reflect and as we work to dismantle systemic racism.
If you join protests, marches, or demonstrations, please stay safe, wear a mask, stay at least 6 feet from others, and practice nonviolence. Remember that gathering in large groups can spread COVID-19, which is disproportionately killing people of color.
STATEMENTS FROM IPL AFFILIATES (including Sister Joan Brown)
Juneteenth Events
/in Featured Articles /by adminFriday, June 19, 6:00 p.m.
Rev Shabbat Juneteenth Celebration
Congregation Albert
Saturday, June 20, 5 pm
Albuquerque Juneteenth
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 2020
Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington
Register here
Rev. William Barber and Rev. Theo Harris and others lead a Virtual Poor People’s Assemblyconnecting the dots of racism, voter suppression, environmental degradation and poverty and links with health, etc.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
From Our Friends at Upaya
Awakened Action: Women Leaders Speak to the Climate Catastrophe and Pandemic and Explore Strategies for a Sane, Just, and Compassionate Future
Friday, June 26, 4 pm ET
Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio of the Omega Center offers fresh insights rooted in science and theology. While a deadly virus has unleashed a pandemic, there is another type of virus lurking beneath the thin layers of our lives. It is the virus of racism, greed, and power, a “survival of the fittest” mentality. We cannot survive far into the future with a mentality that privileges some of us over the whole.