Rachel Leon
@leon11rachel
Executive Director at Park Foundation, proud mom & wife, NUF Alumni, lifelong New Yorker, EGA forever. Tweets are my own.
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02-08-2012 04:05:20
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This year's #EGAretreat was powerful. 100s of leaders from around the U.S. delved into solutions for sustaining #ClimateJustice, right to protest, reparations, and other movements. We support all the courageous communities fighting to protect #Earth & their people. Environmental Grantmakers Association
“The story of Florida is not just the story of Florida. It’s the story of a progressive movement that’s struggling to make it in the South, that’s struggling to compete with younger voters of color, that is struggling to win with younger men.” Raymond Paultre nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/…
Want an example of a broken system? Florida DIDN’T “reject” the proposal to include a right to abortion in the constitution — they voted 58.2% in favor of abortion rights. But it needed 60% to pass, so it failed WITH A MAJORITY. Can’t imagine what Florida women must be thinking.
We must not delude ourselves in this moment. Multiracial democracy in the United States is less than 60 years old. It has always been contested, often violently so. It has always been fragile. Since this nation's inception large swaths of white Americans -- including white women