Community Dialogues
We are grateful to be in dialogue with frontline leaders from 18 low-income, Black, Latinx, and Native American communities across the country in partnership with the Anthropocene Alliance, a national network, the Alaska Institute for Justice, and the Lowlander Center in coastal Louisiana.
“The Great American Climate Migration”
Leaders from 10 low-income, Black, and Latinx communities in a months-long dialogue — hosted by Anthropocene Alliance and the Climigration Network — created “The Great American Climate Migration,” a statement outlining conditions necessary to guide the resettlement of some 30 million Americans over the next half-century due to climate change. Please read the statement here and share it with your colleagues and friends.
These dialogues support frontline community leaders navigating extreme vulnerability to climate change in the context of inequality, racism, toxic pollution, and political and cultural divides in their communities.
Too often the knowledge, expertise, and plans of communities are overlooked, untapped, unfunded, or set aside. Community leaders are experts on what needs to change, in part due to their experience with the failings of current systems.
Leaders in dialogue are calling for greater state and federal consultation; coordination; and commitment to disaster relief, mitigation, and relocation. These changes are critically important to building a future that supports community-led relocation. The Network and Anthropocene Alliance are also supporting a statement, “The Great American Climate Migration,” drafted by leaders from ten low-income, Black, and Latinx communities over the course of a months-long dialogue.
Additional Resources
If you are a member of a community grappling with questions about resilience or considering relocation and would like to join in conversation or learn more about our process or partners, please email us here.
If you are looking for a guidebook to begin conversations with community members on climate migration, please see Lead With Listening: A Guidebook For Community Conversations on Climate Migration.
Our Partners
Community dialogues are supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and hosted in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.