Hi Everyone- As you engage in todays climate hearing. I hope you will lift up the testimony of Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE and Steering Committee Co-Chair of the Climate Justice Alliance. Sample social below.

Thanks!

Amanda

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From: Amanda Aguirre <amandaaguirre@greenlatinos.org>
Subject: NOW HNRC Hearing: Testimony Elizabeth Yeampierre, UPROSE

GreenLatin@s-


Join us in supporting our fellow GreenLatina Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE and Steering Committee Co-Chair of the Climate Justice Alliance.


We hope you will amplify her testimony today at the first House Natural Resources Committee Hearing  “Climate Change: Impacts and the Need to Act” with presiding Chair Raul M. Grijalva.


Her testimony can be found HERE. Check out some sample graphics and tweets below.


A social toolkit on her testimony can be found HERE.


The event is open to press and the public. Watch live on Facebook at bit.ly/2UD53Hp or Youtube at https://youtu.be/ZLuSks4xxsA.


Handles: @UPROSE  @yeampierre @CJAOurPower

@NRDems @RepRaulGrijalva

Hashtags: #ActOnClimate
** Rep. Grijalva’s office is using #ClimateChangeImpactsMe for personal stories about the impacts of climate change.


There is also a broader toolkit by the Climate Action Campaign for folks who are interested HERE.

In solidarity & service,

GreenLatinos

FACEBOOK:

  • TODAY: House Committee on Natural Resources Hearing “Frontline communities know what is at stake, the question is: will legislation aid our communities’ future survival or hinder it? I hope for all our sakes it will be the former.” - [TAG] Elizabeth Yeampierre Executive Director [TAG] UPROSE & Steering Committee Co-Chair of the [TAG] Climate Justice Alliance

  • TODAY: House Committee on Natural Resources Hearing “Today, we are at the tipping point with little time to waste. We urgently need a Just Transition to be centered in community-driven Climate Action Bills, coupled with a commitment to Just Recovery and Rebuilding Infrastructure.” - @yeampierre ED @UPROSE & Steering Committee Co-Chair  @CJAOurPower #Actonclimate

  • “Climate change solutions must honor human rights and respect frontlines leadership with the solutions proposed.” –  Elizabeth Yeampierre of UPROSE on taking cues from communities on the frontlines when we  #ActOnClimate

  • Communities of color face disproportionate impacts of climate change and air pollution. When we #ActOnClimate, we must consider communities on the frontlines. Elizabeth Yeampierre of UPROSE outlines how we can do so.
TWITTER: 

  • .@NRDems Hearing: “We are at the tipping point with little time to waste. We urgently need a Just Transition to be centered in community-driven Climate Action Bills, coupled with a commitment to Just Recovery and Rebuilding Infrastructure.”  @yeampierre ED @UPROSE #Actonclimate

  • .@NRDems Hearing: “Frontline communities know what is at stake, the question is: will legislation aid our communities’ future survival or hinder it? I hope for all our sakes it will be the former.”-  @yeampierre ED @UPROSE & Steering Committee Co-Chair @CJAOurPower #Actonclimate

    • Communities on the frontlines of climate change cannot afford @realDonaldTrump and @EPAAWheeler’s reckless rollbacks.

  • “Climate change solutions must honor human rights and respect frontlines leadership with the solutions proposed.” – @yeampierre of @UPROSE on taking cues from communities on the frontlines when we  #ActOnClimate

  • “To effectively tackle climate change, we must invest in a just transition… leaving no community or worker behind.” – @yeampierre of @UPROSE #ActOnClimate

  • Communities of color face disproportionate impacts of climate change and air pollution. This is not just. #ActOnClimate

  • When we #ActOnClimate, we must consider communities on the frontlines. @yeampierre of @UPROSE outlines how we can do so.



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Amanda M. Aguirre

COO & Executive Vice President

My Pronouns: She/Her/Ella