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Hope you've been hearing about the People's Climate March happening
tomorrow, April 29th, around the country. Some people are going
from here to Washington DC for a big march there, but there are many
sister marches around the country, including here in Champaign.<br>
<br>
The C-U People's Climate March <b>location </b><b>has changed </b>due
to weather:<br>
<blockquote>2-4pm Saturday, April 29th<br>
<br>
<b>Grace Lutheran Church</b><br>
<b>313 S. Prospect (corner of Springfield and Prospect), Champaign</b><br>
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A bunch of groups are tabling, with the idea that we hope to connect
the importance of addressing climate change with a suite of
connected efforts. So the People's Climate Platform, alongside
planks about investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency,
also includes demands for a $15 minimum wage, as well as things
like:<br>
<blockquote>Ensure that in the New Energy and Economic Future,
investments are targeted to create pathways for low-income people
and people of color to access good jobs and improve the lives of
communities of color, indigenous peoples, low-income people, small
farmers, women, and workers.<br>
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and<br>
<blockquote> Provide a Just Transition for communities and workers
negatively impacted by the shift to a New Energy and Economic
Future that includes targeted economic opportunity and provides
stable income, health care, and education.<br>
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Groups tabling include Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, Prairie
Rivers Network, Eco-Justice Collaborative, the Prairie Greens, PDA,
U of I Students for Environmental ConcernS, Demand Universal
Healthcare, UU Church of Urbana-Champaign, and others.<br>
<br>
And among the speakers, along with representatives of some of the
above groups, will be State Sen. Scott Bennett, State Rep. Carol
Ammons, and two high school students from a youth environmental
group called iMatter, who write that<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span
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style="font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We have
created a report card that evaluates the cities’ environmental
progress in comparison to where scientists say that we need to
be. The students will present this report card to both the
Champaign and Urbana City Council in early May as well as put
forward a Climate Inheritance Resolution that they will ask
the city to sign and petition signatures in support that they
have collected at their schools. </span></blockquote>
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<br>
We may go marching along the Springfield/Prospect sidewalk
afterward.<br>
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