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October 2024: climate migration

Each month, we break down our topic into four weekly modules. Catch up on previous editions here.​

This week's module: WATCH

• ✅ READ | What's a climate refugee?​
• 🎯 WATCH | An animated short on climate migration
• ACT | Actions you can take to build a resilient future (10/16/24)
• REFLECT | A poem & an opportunity to share your commitment (10/23/24)

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes for the action plan (plus some more because I've included disaster action resources)

Here's what we'll learn today Reader

Hi Reader

If you're reading this, you already have an inkling about the connection between fossil fuels and "natural" disasters. The team at HEATED just wrote about how fossil fuels mutated Hurricane Milton if you want to explore how they're related.

✨ Upcoming events & things to be aware of ✨

• NYC - I'll be there for our plant-based supper club on November 7th dinner on land justice!​
• Seattle - come join us for dinner every Tuesday in October
• The outcome of the US presidential election is going to affect everyone. EVERY vote matters in battleground states: Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, & Pennsylvania. Check on your friends & family and make sure they are registered to vote. Talk to them about your "why".

A photo of our NYC supper club to infuse some joy and good things in today's Changeletter. Community is always worth it. We are the ones who will save each other.

Your bite-sized action plan Reader

✅ WATCH this animated short (or don't because you may bawl your eyes out)

Today, for the first time in the four-year history of Changeletter, there will be no commentary offered to pair with this video. Take this as an invitation to reflect instead on:

• How does this make you feel?
• How do you interpret the ending?
• Who do you want to be in the world?

You can share that in our REFLECT module in two weeks.

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As you know, Soapbox Project's two core values are courage and joy. Today's WATCH module is about having the courage to sit with difficult stories. Next week, we'll suggest more ways to take action on the topic of climate migration.

In the meantime...

Disaster relief asks & opportunities to help

These resources who have been sent to the Soapbox team by our community members and friends. They are only lightly vetted but we generally trust that there are more helpers than grifters <3

This Hurricane Appalachia doc has immediate relief resources. Please share with people who may need support.

Donation opportunities:

1. General | Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Fund​
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2. North Carolina | DONATE to support Hood Huggers International in Asheville, providing immediate and direct support in hardest hit Buncombe County. Hood Huggers engages in community-based disaster response while forwarding transformative solutions that center BIPOC environmental justice leaders.
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3. Additional Hurricane Helene community relief | here's a post from Soapbox member Rob who shared a list of resources across states and regions.​
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4. Nepal | Help flood-affected families with immediate relief​

Thank you Rob & Jody. Sending everyone affected all my love.