Earth Month
This Planet Is Ours
This Earth Month, the fight for environmental and climate justice for Black communities continues, and we've never been more committed.
From making polluters pay for the damage they cause to stopping dirty data centers that harm our neighborhoods, and building disaster-resilient communities after floods and wildfires, we're fighting to protect people over profits.
GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Take the pledge to complete at least one of our actions this Earth Month. By signing this pledge, you can fight to end our reliance on plastics in your community by taking the following actions.
Host an Earth Month Event
Hosting an event is a way to share and gather information, educate your community about issues, and create a sense of community. The goal is to build relationships and shared understanding that have always sustained Black communities through crisis and change.
Ava: Films from The Frontlines
Screen "Ava" In Your Community
"AVA" is a story set in a toxic near future marked by environmental collapse and environmental injustice. This film highlights what may lie ahead and the solutions that can still be implemented.
If you would like to receive a copy of "Ava" to screen in your community, please request one below.
Standing Up to Environmental Exploitation
This year also confronts an emerging threat: the unchecked expansion of AI data centers in frontline communities. These massive facilities often demand extraordinary amounts of water and energy, driving up local utility costs, polluting nearby neighborhoods, and consuming resources that should serve people, not corporate profit. Learn more about the NAACP's fight to Stop Dirty Data.
Making Polluters Pay for Their Harm
When floods destroy homes, wildfires burn communities, or an AI data center arrives in a community, someone always pays. Climate-related disasters are happening more frequently and severely due to global warming, and global warming has gotten worse because of the overuse of fossil fuels. When a data center shows up and does not bring their own clean energy, will everyday Americans pay or corporations that cause the crisis pay while pocketing trillions. Creating an accountability structure is an important part of climate reparations and investing in communities who bear the harm.
Climate Disaster Forecast
Recent floods in places like Hawaii show how climate disasters can wipe out homes, jobs, and cultural anchors overnight, and how Black and other frontline communities are often left to fend for themselves. This Earth Month, we are highlighting our work with local partners to advance disaster planning, ensuring climate costs aren't shifted to survivors, and resilient infrastructure so communities can prepare, respond, and rebuild with dignity.
Join Climate in Color
The Climate in Color program is built for filmmakers interested in producing short films addressing environmental climate justice issues. These films highlight innovation for the future for impacted Black communities,
Earth Month Events
Take your advocacy further by attending our events throughout Earth Month.
With over 1,200 data centers in the South and Black communities in California still recovering from fires, with several billion-dollar disasters on the horizon for 2026 due to climate decisions, Black and frontline communities can ensure we are centered in environmental and climate decisions at every level.
- Abre Conner, Director, Center for Environmental and Climate Justice