The Climate Crisis and People Raised Poor
It has been hard for me to look at and discharge on what is happening with our planet, because it is terrifying and huge.
As a Native person who grew up in the heart of capitalism—Detroit, Michigan, USA—I experienced the terrible impacts of capitalism in my early years: hunger, parents who could not work, and all you can imagine that goes with those pressures. It is clear to me that to stop the climate crisis, we must stop capitalism. It seems impossible, but I know that is my early hurts talking.
I have been discharging more on my early hard years, but I think that taking the “decide, act, discharge” path is going to be key here. I can’t wait to do something until I feel safe or powerful.
My bilingual ongoing RC class has raised-poor folks in it. I shared a video from the last COP (annual United Nations climate conference) that included a panel of RC folks from Latin America. What they said was hopeful and powerful. It gave the class a bigger picture of RC and the work to stop the climate emergency.
Oaxaca, México
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders of raised-poor people
(Present Time 207, April 2022)