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OAKLAND, Calif. – August 12, 2026 Justice Outside Board Member Role The Justice Outside Board brings together leaders from across nonprofit and for-profit sectors who are dedicated to...
On SPLC, Louisiana, and the road ahead
Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante OAKLAND, Calif. – May 11, 2026 Dear Beloved Community, There are moments in our nation’s life that ask something deeper of us. This is one of those moments. In the wake...
We cannot let history repeat itself. Believe Survivors.
OAKLAND, Calif. – March 31, 2025 – Dolores Huerta’s public statement, as well as The New York Times investigative report on the abuse and misconduct of Cesar Chavez, weighs heavy on our...
2026 Commitment to Immigration and Environmental Justice
Justice Outside’s Long-Term Commitment You can’t take care of the earth without taking care of each other. Eight months ago, we released "No Child Left Inside" — children who should have been...
New National Analysis: Communities of Color Are Three Times More Likely to Live in Nature-Deprived Areas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Bren Spector Director of Communications and Advocacy, Justice Outside bren@justiceoutside.org New report from Justice Outside and the Center for American Progress...
No Child Left Inside: ICE Raids Threaten Environmental Justice
OAKLAND, Calif. – June 13, 2025 – Children who should be exploring tide pools and hiking trails are instead hiding indoors, too terrified to leave their homes. Military-style ICE raids are not just...
Call in Solidarity with Palestine for Immediate Ceasefire and End to Occupation
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu Content Warning: Genocide What We Can Do Now We add our name and support to the call...
Statement in Support of Activists’ Efforts to Stop Cop City and Defend Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta
“We don’t want it… We don’t want it because it doesn’t contribute to life. It’s not an institution of peace. It’s not a way forward for our city that we love.”-Emory University religion professor...
Justice Outside Joins Global Movement’s Call to End Fossil Fuels
Justice Outside joins organizations around the world in endorsing this week’s global actions calling to end fossil fuels fast, fair, and forever. From September 15th to 17th, millions of people...
Take Action for Communities Impacted by Wildfires in Hawai’i
Last week wildfires swept across the Hawai’ian island of Maui and destroyed much of the town of Lahaina. The impact has been devastating. We are in solidarity with the communities and families who...
Policing Is an Environmental Justice Issue: In Solidarity with Atlanta and Memphis
Content warning: This piece discusses police brutality, murders by police, and state violence. Please use discretion in reading and sharing. Justice Outside grieves in solidarity with the...
In Solidarity with Puerto Rico: Invest in Our Communities
We honor and stand in solidarity with Puerto Rican organizers and solidarity brigades observing, tracking, and serving local communities’ needs and desire for better systems, infrastructure, and...
In Solidarity with Jackson, Mississippi: Access to Clean Water Is A Human Right
We are grateful to the Black organizers, activists, and volunteers who are honoring the Jackson communities’ right to water, dignity, and life and have taken up the undue responsibility to provide...
On Buffalo: Together in Love for Black People Everywhere; In Mourning, In Solidarity, and In Action
We are writing today to speak of our deep and abiding love for Black people, Black families, and Black communities everywhere. Last Saturday, May 14, 2022, ten beloved Black lives were taken from...
On Accountability and the Path Ahead
Dear Friends, Yesterday’s ruling in the trial of Derek Chauvin is a welcome if overdue expression of accountability. As many have rightly pointed out, true justice would entail George Floyd still...
In Solidarity with the AAPI Community
Reeling from the March 16th mass shooting near Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them Asian American women, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is rightfully enraged,...