CLASP submitted the following comments to the SEC on updating regulations for climate change disclosures. CLASP provided recommendations on how the SEC can create new decision making structures to shift power on marginalized communities , and centering healing and culturally responsive care to respond to…
CLASP responded to a Request for Information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency on ways to advance equity and community partnership in the climate justice grant program.
For decades we have failed to protect farmworkers and their families from the corporate greed that has fueled harmful occupational practices in the agricultural industry. We must work together to protect workers and their families from the many occupational hazards they endure.
Threats to farmworkers, such as fewer worker protections and unsafe working environments, call for new federal policies and investments to protect all workers across the food supply industry, support immigration rights, and transform our agricultural system.
Without access to critical programs like Medicaid and CHIP, many immigrants can’t afford the costly health care needed to treat chronic health conditions, which are often created or exacerbated by the environments they live in.
This Mental Health Awareness Month, Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration have the opportunity to create policy solutions that address the oppressive systems contributing to the youth mental health crisis and make bold moves to ensure a safe and hospitable planet.
Worker movements, labor unions, and collective bargaining agreements have worked to combat racial and gender disparities. Expanding this focus to environmental justice is essential for establishing a just economic system that benefits the entire nation.
On the occasion of Earth Day 2022, CLASP is offering an environmental justice blog series exploring the intersection of environmental justice and economic security for people living with low incomes.
In August 2021, New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers participated in a panel titled “Beyond the Climate Crisis: The Journey to Environmental Justice” for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Emerging Leaders’ Summit. During the conversation, Changemakers Aniya Butler, Kaliko Kalahiki, and Marissa Howdershelt highlighted radical and…
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