National in-person gathering.

From the 17-19 May, the Climate Justice Coalition hosted a national in-person gathering. The Gathering brought members from different provinces to Johannesburg. Here, we had a chance to collaborate and connect. The Gathering brought members from different provinces to Johannesburg. Here, we had a chance to collaborate and connect.

We had the opportunity to continue to build solidarity across the various challenges our organisations and communities were dealing with. We also had a chance to plot the way forward with the Coalition. From discussing what it means to build People’s Power to considering and deliberating about our working groups and planning our priorities for the future, we took the opportunity to get stuck into it. We were also treated to a theatre workshop and performance from Burning Rebellion where we learned the importance of embodying our message.

We ended off with an activist spokesperson training which some of our members joined to hone their skills in talking to the media.

The overall aim is clear: to strengthen our efforts to build a transformative climate justice agenda which centres social, economic, and environmental justice for all.