Migration, displacement, and climate insecurity are inextricably linked. Struggles for social justice and immigrant rights have deep intersections with climate advocacy– anchored in respect for neighbors, community, home, and the protection of a healthy, vibrant future we can all share in together. 

The team at Climate Solutions is honored to join our coalition partners in Oregon for All, standing together to protect and advance immigration justice. This collaboration is dedicated to seeing our communities thrive.

We come together in extremely challenging times. Our immigrant neighbors and communities are facing devastating, relentless challenges– terrifying targeted violence, heartless detention, and the traumatic ripple effects, attacked simply for seeking safety and belonging. The current federal administration, forces of bigotry, and industries of extraction are attacking our communities’ peace and security. These realities call for attentiveness, mutual support, and resource-sharing. 

The Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board (CUB) crafted a helpful blog with tangible steps we can take to help protect our immigrant relatives and neighbors. Our friends at the Climate Justice Collaborative at the National Partnership for New Americans provide another important resource: a webinar linking the issues of climate advocacy and migration.

We are deeply thankful to our partner organizations for creating these tools that protect our community members from the threats we currently face. As we build toward a just and livable future, we must also acknowledge the work our own movement must continue to do. The environmental movement has not been immune to the injustices of racism and exclusion; those historic harms continue to shape who holds power and whose voices are heard. True climate leadership requires ongoing reflection, solidarity, and allyship; it means ensuring that our advocacy for a healthy planet is inseparable from our fight for justice and belonging. 

We honor the resilience of those before us who endured uncertainty and the tenacity within ourselves and our communities today. As renowned leader and community activist Mariame Kaba says, hope is discipline. We must practice it by cultivating an accountable community while leaning into the spaces that fortify us to live into the future we’re striving toward, for all Oregonians.

Forward together, 

Nora A.