Stanislaus Climate Justice Action Now hosted its first Climate Rally! This virtual space was intended to bring people from Stanislaus County together to learn more about Climate Change and to inspire the young people to ACT NOW- Check out our video recordings of the event. This is part one of day 1- What is Climate Change?- presented by Scientist Jeff Mirocha. Here are some CJAN links to stay involved with us: Stanislaus Environmental Youth Activist Academy(SEYAA) Interest Form: http://tinyurl.com/cjan-seyaa Plastic Policy Committee: Every other Sunday @ 3pm (Next mtg. is October 10, 2021) http://tinyurl.com/cjan-planning CJAN’s General Meetings: (first Tuesday of every month) http://tinyurl.com/CJAN-FirstTuesday (This year: Oct.5/ Nov.2/ Dec.7) CJAN playlist (parental advisory - explicit content) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zTBRDcbYDNbif93h8tGVU?si=090d8ac3c2b34f93

Climate Justice Action now hosted its first Climate Rally! Our 2 day virtual rally was intended to encourage the young people of our county to learn more about climate change and inspire them to ACT NOW. This video recording is of day 2 part 1- Bringing inspiration to our youth by hosting space for our key note speaker Moñeka De Oro, and a short message from Josh Harder and Ana Caballero. (CJAN is a project of VIP and the Modesto Peace/Life Ctr.) To learn more about our keynote speaker Moñeka de Oro and her work visit: https://micronesiaclimatechangealliance.org/ Links shared in the Chat: CA Indian Pre-Contact Tribal Territories: https://ncidc.org/California_Indian_Pre-Contact_Tribal_Territories Congressman Josh Harder’s Website: https://harder.house.gov/ State Senator Ana Caballero’s website: https://sd12.senate.ca.gov/

Climate Justice Action now hosted its first Climate Rally! Our 2 day virtual rally was intended to encourage the young people of our county to learn more about climate change and inspire them to ACT NOW. This video recording is of day 2 part 2- Where we highlighted key organizations that are all about direct action to address climate change, environmental and social justice at federal, state and local levels. (CJAN is a project of VIP and the Modesto Peace/Life Ctr.) Here are some key links from this presentation: Break Free From Plastic presentation- By Alex Gordon Alex Gordon - Break free From Plastic contact information Eckerdangordon@eckerd.edu Twitter: @alexgordon51 The Story of Plastic documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNanJNJ8JA Break Free From Plastic: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/pollution-act/ Break free from plastic pledge: https://www.postlandfill.org/bffp-pledge/?doing_wp_cron=1632090423.2094430923461914062500 The Climate Center Presentation- By Davis Harper Davis Harper’s contact information: davis@theclimatecenter.org Endorse Climate-Safe California: https://theclimatecenter.org/endorse/Climate-Safe California Action Toolkit: https://theclimatecenter.org/actiontoolkit/ Tell Governor Newsom: Time to lead on climate: https://theclimatecenter.org/tell-governor-newsom-time-lead-on-climate/ Thank lawmakers fighting for bold climate action: https://theclimatecenter.org/thank-lawmakers-fighting-for-bold-climate-action/ Learn more about the climate bills that passed and failed in 2021: https://theclimatecenter.org/the-california-climate-bills-that-passed-and-failed-in-2021/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=83811e54-7d96-4805-aa7f-bb7e529b990d Big Oil Wokewashing Article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/09/big-oil-delay-tactics-new-climate-science-denial Valley Improvement Projects presentation- By Bianca Lopez Bianca Lopez- Co-Founder/Project Director valleyimprovementprojects@gmail.com 209-589-9277 General Plan: Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKag9rAwwc8q8HWtCm7iEVKmUWNwegVz/viewusp=sharinghttps://oag.ca.gov/environment/sb1000https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30FB SB 1000: Environmental Justice component in the general plan: https://oag.ca.gov/environment/sb1000 CalEnviroScreen- Interactive mapping tool: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30 Redistricting: City and County Redistricting Info: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/helpful-resources/redistricting Modesto Redistricting Commission: https://www.modestogov.com/1141/Citizens-Districting-Commission Water: Water Testing and bottled water: https://valleywaterc.org/Air:sjvair.com Air Quaility Check out air quality read by a PM 2.5 monitor closest to you: https://sjvair.com Sign VIP’s Clean Air Day-Pledge: http://www.cleanairday.org/pledge/individual/VIPstanislaus Waste Incineration is a false solution and other fact sheets: https://www.no-burn.org/factsheets/ Pesticides: Sign VIP’s Petition to stop the use of Glyphosate on school campuses in Stanislaus- https://tinyurl.com/Not-In-My-School Meet Agricultural Commissioner on September 29, 5-7pm via zoom https://tinyurl.com/STAN-AC Young Adults Fighting Tobacco- By Chelsea King Contact yaft@healthcollaborative.org Youth Climate Finance Alliance - By Alyssa Lee alyssa@futurecoalition.org https://www.facebook.com/thefuturecoalition https://twitter.com/futurecoalition https://www.instagram.com/futurecoalition/ #1: Source: Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/unep-1-5c-climate-target-slipping-out-of-reach #2: Source: National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/can-indigenous-land-stewardship-protect-biodiversity https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0830-dirty-dozen-companies-driving-deforestation-must-act-now-to-stop-the-burning #3: Source: Rainforest Action Network’s Banking on Climate Chaos Report: https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechaos2021/ #4: A little bit about Jamie Dimon: https://www..com/business/2021/jan/21/jamie-dimon-jp-morgan-pay-income-inequality #5: Source: International Energy Agency Report: https://www.iea.org/news/pathway-to-critical-and-formidable-goal-of-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-is-narrow-but-brings-huge-benefits Climate Home News: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/05/18/iea-end-fossil-fuel-expansion-now-net-zero-energy-emissions-2050/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/which-banks-are-increasing-decreasing-fossil-fuel-financing-.html Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obvu0jCxH1E&feature=emb_title Not My Dirty Money Pledge: https://www.notmydirtymoney.com/ Meet with a youth coach: https://airtable.com/shrB7LV4bDNXdROXg Host an event: https://airtable.com/shrrAhWQ63ImRKaBO Sign onto the Youth Climate Finance Alliance Op-Ed: https://airtable.com/shrkpOCSc06tczDyz