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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 1d

🙏🏾 We were grateful to move in faith and solidarity with our partners @caritaseuropa.bsky.social @cidse.bsky.social @laudatosinl.bsky.social @catholicclimate.bsky.social and many more.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 1d

🌏 “God will ask if we have cared for the world and one another. What will our answer be?” — Pope Leo XIV.
Taproot Earth joined global faith + climate leaders at the Raising Hope Conference in Italy to uplift frontline voices and the cry of the Earth + the Poor. 💧🌱 #LaudatoSi10

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 14d

🕯️ Twenty years ago today #HurricaneRita landed weeks after Katrina, revealing how Gulf South communities facing compounded climate crises need disaster preparedness & climate migration measures centered on dignity, protection & care. #WeChooseNow to build this reality for our people & our future.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 21d

🌎 Our Vision & Initiatives Partner, Colette Pichon-Battle, will be a part of this powerful discussion, rooted in creating a regenerative, rights-based approach to climate justice. If you'll be the ground for this year's #ClimateWeekNYC, don't miss it!
🔗 bit.ly/WECAN_NYC2025
@wecan-intl.bsky.social

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 22d

📢 We’re joining 80+ orgs & frontline communities worldwide to #DrawTheLine. As world leaders meet for #ClimateWeekNYC we’re uniting in a collective call for bold action on climate justice NOW. Stand with us & find more info 👇🏾
drawtheline.world | makebillionairespay.us | thisworldisours.org

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Sep 8

🙌🏾 THANK YOU to all of our krewe across the Gulf South and beyond for moving with us and making the #Katrina20 Impact Ride a success! We moved together across regions in remembrance, in joy, and in our collective power. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 You all made this moment and movement come to life! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #RidetheStorm

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isaac @sevier.io · Sep 6

You can start a monthly contribution to @taprootearth.bsky.social here today. Colette and her crew are building large, regional, and international networks for Black people's liberation and leadership on climate.

www.taproot.earth/en/invest-in...

Invest In Us

Your investment nourishes a network of frontline leaders working to advance climate justice from the Gulf South to the Global South.

www.taproot.earth

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · Aug 29

#WeAreTheStorm The right to migrate with dignity is a call from the climate movements reckoning with extreme weather events and political violence. @taprootearth.bsky.social

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 Tomorrow @ 3pm!! Join us at Armstrong Park/Congo Square to commemorate 20 years since Katrina.

🎷Bring your brass instruments, your drums and be ready to join us as we come together as a community to remember Katrina.

#Katrina20 #K20WeekofAction #Congosquare #Armstrongpark #JoinUs

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 28

Day two of the Monarch Forum! 🧡✨

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

🦋 Cheeck out our the recap video from day one of the Taproot Earth #MonarchForm
🧡🌎✨

#Katrina20 #WeAreTheStorm #MonarchForum

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Peace! The K20 Impact Ride is the result of frontline Black and Brown community leaders impacted by the storm and part the K20 local planning committee. A committee of community members from the region who have been organizing for the last 12 months to commemorate 20 years since Katrina.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Everyone involved experienced Katrina first hand and created a way for folks all across the country to remember Katrina from where they are and move in solidarity with the folks most impacted.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

We invite you to join as it is also helping build resources and invest in frontline community solutions through the K20 Community Control Fund: www.taproot.earth/en/k20-impac...

K20 Impact Ride

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

The K20 Impact Ride is the result of frontline Black and Brown community leaders impacted by the storm and part the K20 local planning committee. A committee of community members from the region who have been organizing for the last 12 months to commemorate 20 years since Katrina.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Everyone involved experienced Katrina first hand and created a way for folks all across the country to remember Katrina from where they are and move in solidarity with the folks most impacted.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

We invite you to join as it is also helping build resources and invest in frontline community solutions through the K20 Community Control Fund: www.taproot.earth/en/k20-impac...

K20 Impact Ride

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you!!! We’d love for you to join us or host an impact ride to commemorate Katrina. Here is the link: www.taproot.earth/en/k20-impac...

K20 Impact Ride

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hello! The K20 Impact Ride is the result of frontline Black and Brown community leaders impacted by the storm and part of the programming by the K20 local planning committee. Community members from the region who have been organizing for the last 12 months to commemorate 20 years since Katrina.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Taproot Earth is a climate justice, organization, rooted in Black Liberation &
Indigenous sovereignty 💚🌍✨ #WeChooseNow #GlobalClimateReparations

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you for joining us!!! 💪🏾 #wearethestorm

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Just Transition Alliance @jtalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

✨JTA is participating in #katrina20 events to commemorate 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. @jtalliance.bsky.social Executive Director José T. Bravo spoke during the #monarchforum about #justtransition & #climatejustice. Thank you, @taprootearth.bsky.social!

Photo by Norman Rodgers, USW Local 675

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚴🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏊🏼‍♀️ Tomorrow begins the Katrina 20 Week of Action which includes the K20 Impact Rides!! It’s not too late to register to join a ride or host a ride in your city, August 24th through August 31st!! 🥳

Click the link to register: bit.ly/ridethestorm

#Katrina20 #WeAreTheStorm #ImpactRide

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚴🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏊🏼‍♀️ Tomorrow begins the Katrina 20 Week of Action which includes the K20 Impact Rides!! It’s not too late to register to join a ride or host a ride in your city, August 24th through August 31st!! 🥳

Click the link to register: bit.ly/ridethestorm

#Katrina20 #WeAreTheStorm #ImpactRide

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isaac @sevier.io · Aug 22

It's the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which changed millions of people's lives and ended thousands, showing us what one version of our future struggle looks like. Get into this whole series with @maryannaise.bsky.social & @taprootearth.bsky.social

climateontap.podbean.com/e/taproot-th...

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“There’s a saying here that when an elder makes his transition without passing down his life experience, a library has just been burned down. And I don't want this library to be burned down. I want to pass with whatever knowledge I have. ”
– Malik Rahim

Malik is a Black man with a white beard and grey locs sitting on the stoop of a home with wrought iron handrail coming down the steps. He is wearing a black hat, dark shirt, and blue jeans.

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