Candidate Forum and Upcoming Special Election for County Supervisor in District 4
Keeping Climate Change and Environmental Justice front and center in this key election By Joshua Piedra, SD350 Board Member When is the Special election and why is it happening? County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher resigned on May 15th due to a sexual harassment scandal. This has left a vacancy for District 4 and a politically divided […]
Discussing a Just Recovery from COVID-19
By: Louise Potash, SD350 Communications Volunteer Within a week of joining SanDiego350, I found we were hosting a panel discussion on a just recovery from COVID-19. I myself have been confronting these questions and feeling daunted by the enormity and complexity of our current and future systemic challenges. The Facebook Live discussion brought together a […]
Intersecting Causes in Environmental Justice
By: Lorenzo Nericcio, SD350 Communications Volunteer Those interested in environmental causes, like ecological protection or climate change mitigation, often consider issues of racial or economic justice as separate causes: While we work to protect the environment, others labor against systemic oppression. Though it has never been entirely true that they are separate, it is even […]
Student Fieldtrip: Environmental Justice vs Oil
Twenty-one seniors from King-Chavez Charter High School’s Environmental Justice class made the long trek to Kern County in California’s Central Valley to view the effects of the oil industry, and fracking in particular, on the land and the residents of the region. SD350’s Peg Mitchell recently organized an eye-opening trip to the oil fields of […]