[Green] Fw: Historic visit

[Rebecca Phillips]

I thought some of you might find this interesting.

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From: Mike at UUSC <development at uusc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 10:05 AM
To: bennphil at hotmail.com <bennphil at hotmail.com>
Subject: Historic visit

Learn about the Special Rapporteur’s visit to our partners in the U.S.
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Rebecca,

Last fall, UUSC partners testified in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). There, they spoke forcefully to the environmental threats faced daily by Indigenous communities in the United States.

Because of their testimony,<https://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/crisis-to-international-forum-/5v38hv/732239740?h=aRR2Dw5e8-DvS3BBXWOAsGndDExeCi6h7Ayvtzc5m7M> the IACHR sent the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) to meet with Tribes in Louisiana and Alaska in May.

These first-of-their-kind visits assist the Commission to better understand the harms to Indigenous culture and livelihoods due to the climate crisis. The resulting report from the Special Rapporteur will outline the U.S. government’s obligations to address their concerns.

Already, these in-depth discussions have shown the immense challenges stemming from climate-forced displacement, ongoing adaptation measures, and why the federal tribal recognition process is so problematic and difficult to navigate. The tours led by UUSC’s partners have clearly demonstrated how a lack of governmental responses leaves Indigenous communities without resources needed to repair homes and rebuild livelihoods in the aftermath of climate-caused devastation.

REDESCA’s visit provides a strong tool for the Tribes’ ongoing organizing, so they can leverage its outcome to help uphold their rights. It comes at a critical time as they continue to experience the acceleration of massive storms, catastrophic land collapse, soil erosion, rising waters, thawing permafrost, and decreasing arctic sea ice, among other adverse climate impacts.

UUSC is proud to be among the NGOs supporting groups advocating an equitable distribution of federal and state resources to confront climate change. The momentum toward a just recovery for communities on the frontlines of climate advocacy will benefit future generations to come.

In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing reflections with you via email and on UUSC’s blog so you can also follow the path of the Special Rapporteur’s tour. Please take a look at our first post about the historic visit.<https://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/e-crisis-a-photo-essay-series-/5v38hy/732239740?h=aRR2Dw5e8-DvS3BBXWOAsGndDExeCi6h7Ayvtzc5m7M>

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    Mike Givens
    Director of Strategic Communications
    Unitarian Universalist Service Committee



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