Alliance For Sustainability

Even though pretty much all of the work we’ve been doing at the Alliance is threatened by what is to come, we need to somehow find a way to continue our efforts to co-create a world of sustainability, health, equity and kindness. As a first step, we feel it’s important to grieve and to share openly and honestly our feelings and fears. #SustainabilityTip #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #Nonprofit #Sustainability #HealthEquity #KindnessMatters #EquityForAll #SocialJustice #ClimateAction #HealthForAll #SustainableFuture #CommunitySupport #GriefAndHealing #CoCreate #BetterTogether #EquityInAction #HopeAndHealing #InclusiveCommunities #MentalHealthMatters #EnvironmentalJustice #TogetherWeCan #ActForChange

We’re thrilled to let you know about the official launch of our Akepa Youth & School Program! Rutgers intern Noelia Almanzar and I presented last Wednesday at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Edison, NJ. The students were so excited and want to take action to make a difference. You Can Make a Difference Your donation provides hope to despairing young people who are overwhelmed with climate anxiety. With your support, we will reach more than 5,000 middle and high school students nationwide in 2025, half of whom attend disproportionately-impacted, under-served schools.

We’re so grateful to all of supporters who have donated to our 2024 campaign for support. If you haven’t donated yet, it’s not too late! Your donation provides hope to despairing young people who are overwhelmed by climate anxiety. Please give: https://lnkd.in/gFvbwdgP

Use of LGBTQ+ crisis resources and suicide rates have skyrocketed since November 5, according to the?Trevor Project. We are dying because of hateful legislation. Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gYk_PYY3 #TakeAction #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #LGBTQRights #ProtectTransLives #EndHate #QueerYouthMatter #LGBTQMentalHealth #StopSuicide #EqualityForAll #TransRightsAreHumanRights #QueerVoices #EndDiscrimination #LoveIsLove #MentalHealthAwareness #SupportLGBTQ #LGBTQYouth #SaveLGBTQLives #SpeakOut #HumanRights #NoMoreHate #TrevorProject #LGBTQCommunity

America, we have a problem. Climate change is causing widespread distress and adverse effects on the mental health and well-being of US youth, according to a newly-released study Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gtAjMKn3 #FoodforThought #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #ClimateCrisis #MentalHealthMatters #YouthWellbeing #ClimateChange #MentalHealthAwareness #EcoAnxiety #ClimateAction #Sustainability #YouthVoices #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #MentalHealthCrisis #SaveOurPlanet #ActOnClimate #YouthMentalHealth #ClimateSolutions #ClimateEmergency #SocialImpact #EcoMentalHealth #FutureGenerations

You can help the Alliance do good in the world. Our Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness is committed to bringing about fundamental systems change through personal and organizational transformation and impactful public policy. We hope you will make a generous tax-deductible donation through our GiveMN page, which will be matched up to $1,000 by donors who want to scale our impact. Please make your gift by Give to the Max Day, November 21.

Do you react viscerally to the word “vegan”? Do you immediately think NEVER ME! I’m here to invite you to celebrate World Vegan Day on November 1 along with me, an aspiring but not-there-yet vegan. Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gtAjMKn3 #SustainabilityTip #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #WorldVeganDay #VeganAspiration #PlantBasedGoals #VeganJourney #TryVegan #ProgressNotPerfection #CelebrateVegan #Veganuary #CompassionOverPerfection #MeatlessMotivation #PlantPowered #EcoFriendlyLiving #SustainableChoices #VeganCurious #FlexitarianLife #GreenLiving #HealthyLifestyle #MindfulEating #FoodForChange #SmallStepsBigImpact

I like to think of Ross Gay as a gardener who writes poetry, although most would think of him the other way ‘round (gardening poet). His love for growing things has given him deep attention to thriving, life which acknowledges suffering and still overflows with joy. “To understand that we are all suffering – and so to practice tenderness and mercy –?is a quality of what Ross calls ‘adult joy.’ Starting with his cherished essay collection?The Book of Delights, he began to accompany many in learning…to practice delight and cultivate joy,” says?Krista Tippett?of On Being.

Akiima Price, founder of the?Friends of Anacostia Park?in Washington, DC, has dedicated her life to getting people outdoors.?In this 3-minute?PBS NewsHour?Brief but Spectacular video she discusses the impact a local park has on her under-resourced community. Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gqc-pZtq #WhattoWatch #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #GetOutdoors #CommunityImpact #FriendsOfAnacostiaPark #AkiimaPrice #ParkAccessForAll #UnderResourcedCommunities #PublicParks #UrbanGreenSpaces #PBSNewsHour #CommunityLeadership #HealthThroughNature #EnvironmentalJustice #OutdoorRecreation #DCActivists #LocalImpact #GreenSpacesForAll #NatureForEveryone #EmpowerThroughNature #ParkAdvocacy #AnacostiaPark

As voting begins for the 2024 election, the?stakes for reproductive rights have never been higher. Please join the Alliance in voting this November 5 and make your voice heard on reproductive healthcare. Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gqc-pZtq #NewsYouNeedToKnow #AllianceforSustainability #afors #SHEKindness #ReproductiveRights #VoteForHealthcare #2024Elections #MyBodyMyChoice #VoteToProtect #HealthcareForAll #ProChoiceVote #VoteNovember5 #ReproJustice #MakeYourVoiceHeard #HealthcareMatters #StandForReproductiveRights #RightsOnTheBallot #VoteForChange #ProtectOurRights #ReproductiveFreedom #YourVoteMatters #JoinTheAlliance #VoterEmpowerment #VoteForJustice