Hello all,
Today is Juneteenth, and we’re sharing our latest video:
“We Can’t Breathe”
Juneteenth was the day a group of enslaved people in Texas found out they were “free” by law. They had been enslaved over two years after Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation. But on this day in 1865, those Black people were given the smallest bit of space to resist white supremacy. It was a bigger space than they’d known the day before.
But it was not a clean victory. It wasn’t freedom. It wasn’t the recognition of full humanity. It was the beginning of a long fight for both.
We use Juneteenth to reflect on how far we’ve come from that day in 1865. But the spirit of Juneteenth is in the fight ahead; a celebration of the pursuit of
freedom, a sobering look at the injustice we face today, and an honest call to action: how will each one of us do our part to create space for Black resistance?
Our latest video,
“We Can’t Breathe,” will move crucial audiences to create that space, and carry this fight forward. Below is sample social copy to share the video on your platforms. Any help amplifying is greatly appreciated.
You can retweet it directly from our Twitter account
here
@realDonaldTrump: My administration has done more for the Black community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. #Juneteenth
Reality:
When he was running for president, @realDonaldTrump asked Black Americans what they had to lose by voting for him. The answer was as painfully clear then
as it is now. #Juneteenth
And share from our Facebook account
here
Black Americans have suffered so much under @realDonaldTrump. This #Juneteenth, @ClimatePower2020 is highlighting some of the many ways:
As always, thank you for joining us in this important fight.
ICYMI, recent ClimatePower2020 content:
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5 facts:
Climate Justice is Racial Justice
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Video with Javi Garcia, who felt the impact of Hurricane Maria firsthand, he knows that we’re running
out of time to defeat the climate crisis
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Video with Moses Washington, from South Carolina where contaminated water is making its residents sick.
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Video with Harold Mitchell
Jr. who is raising the alarm about toxic waste sites in his town, and how Trump is making it worse.
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Dr. Ayana
Johnson’s important message for the climate movement
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A
clip on police brutality and systemic racism
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“They
Tried to Warn Us” video about Trump’s refusal to listen to experts or science
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A
clip for Trump’s 74th birthday highlighting the things Trump
has done to harm our environment
Best,
Sydney Snow
Text Climate to 97779
Sydney Snow
Senior Political Director
Climate Power 2020
Cell: 904-891-1843
Email: sydney@climatepower2020.org