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[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

This is a great thread on things that help ADHD & Autistic people in the workplace. If you don’t already - consider weaving some of these into your workplace’s systems and processes. Your neurodivergent team will thank you for it!

[Emily♡ @ItsEmilyKaty]

Part two. I asked autistic and ADHD people about the challenges they face at work and what helps or would help them. Out of approx 1500 replies, these were the most common responses about what helps, in order.👇🏻

[Kera O’Regan @keraoregan]

Kia ora taiao and climate friends, our final Just Climate Adaptation session is coming up so reserve your spot if you haven’t already 😉

This time we’ll be deep diving into #maladaptation indicators for our communities like…

[Kera O’Regan @keraoregan]

I think a lot of people in social change spaces have a really colonial & extractive view of “community” where community = a group with shared characteristics that they can opt in or opt out of as it affords them utility and is a source of comfort.

[Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @DPA_NZ]

There are severe weather warnings across the country and a state of emergency in Auckland. You can get up-to-date information from @NZcivildefence @AucklandCDEM
Deaf, disabled people and whānau can contact the Disability Helpline 24/7 for support: text 8988 or call 0800 11 12 13.

[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

Our team is so looking forward to joining our pals at @FigureNZ for the launch of Aotearoa Disability Figures āpōpō, with kōrero from @PaulaTesoriero, Mark Sowden of @Stats_NZ, @NgaperaR, @NatDudley & Anton Sammons!

You can join us live via Zoom at 10.30am!

[Figure.NZ @FigureNZ]

@Stats_NZ "We need quality data, we need access to data, and we need to follow through with action."

Kia ora!

We are so looking forward to Disability Rights Commissioner, @PaulaTesoriero's kōrero at the Aotearoa Disability Figures launch āpōpō.

Join us! ➡️ https://t.co/c6vUNSCaY1

[Figure.NZ @FigureNZ]

https://t.co/F1Mpl3VBBv & our friends at @Stats_NZ can't wait to share Aotearoa Disability Figures with you all āpōpō!

You can join the launch live at 10:30am Thursday 24th March via Zoom, or catch up on the kōrero via the replay.

Event details ➡️ https://t.co/c6vUNSBD8t

[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

He kōrero nui tēnei. It was such a privilege to hear this very important kōrero from Bonita Qio this week, prompting us all to consider how we can make the #ClimateMovement more inclusive and equitable.

Stay tuned for the full kōrero 👀

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

✨ PROFILING | i-Taukei Vakasalewalewa Sex Worker and climate activist, Bonita Qio ✨

“Climate change work is something that I now hold very sacred to me, because it deals with my identity, my culture and things that I hold close to my heart and I love.”

#DecolWeek

[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

WESTERN TIME ZONE 🌎

12:30 GMT | 01:30 NZT |Introduction to #Decol4Climate with @keraoregan

15:00 GMT | 04:00 NZT | Indigenous Rights & the UNFCCC with @GOMaluku and Kera

17:30 GMT | 06:30 NZT | #StorySovereignty & Storytelling for Impact with Kera

#ClimateJustice

[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

We’re so looking forward to the @CANIntl Festival of Ideas this Monday!

We can’t wait to share space again with awesome people committed to dismantling systems of oppression & combatting climate change 🙌🏽

We have 6 workshops in the Institutional Transformstion stream - join us!

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2022 CAN Festival of Ideas where a great lineup of workshops await you! 🎉#MovementPower4ClimateAction

📆 Monday, 14 March 2022
📣 6 thematic streams, 36 workshops
🌐 Speakers: CAN members & allies

Register now ➡️ https://t.co/HxciUYa17Y

[Activate Agency @ActivateFilm]

EASTERN TIME ZONE 🌏

5:00 GMT | 18:00 NZT |Introduction to #Decol4Climate with @keraoregan

7:30 GMT | 20:30 NZT |Indigenous Rights & the UNFCCC with @GOMaluku and Kera

10:00 GMT | 23:00 NZT | #StorySovereignty & Storytelling for Impact with Kera

#ClimateJustice

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

What can I do?

1. Commit to learning more deeply about the intersections between Climate Change, Colonisation, and Colonialism.
2. Share this post with your networks especially fellow climate campaigners
3. Follow @CANIntl for a whole week of Decolonisation learning

#DecolWeek

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Climate action with policies that have not been informed by Indigenous Peoples risk:
- “Green” Energy industries forcibly removing Indigenous Peoples from their territories
- Consolidating power in institutions & governments that do not uphold #IndigenousRights

#DecolWeek

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Our own climate movements can perpetuate Colonialism by…
- Speaking over Indigenous Peoples
- Appropriating Indigenous Knowledge
- Tokenising BIPOC for the appearance of diversity
- Commodifying the suffering of frontline communities for campaigns and fundraising

#DecolWeek

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

🙅🏽 Powerful countries that have already benefited from highcarbon development stop other countries from doing the same due to concerns about climate
✊🏽 Widening inequities for Indigenous/multiply marginalised communities who are hit first & worst by climate impacts

#DecolWeek

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Climate Change can exacerbate Colonial harms in many ways, including by...

🌏 Changing distribution of “natural resources”, which may be used by countries & corporations to justify invading & extracting from others

#DecolWeek @MovermentPower4ClimateAction

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Colonisation also drives #ClimateChange by...

🌳 Driving deforestation & biodiversity loss
📈 Enabling powerful countries to externalise costs of their over-consumption
❌ Militaries contributing significantly to carbon emissions

#DecolWeek #MovementPower4ClimateAction

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Colonisation is one of these oppressions, driving climate change by:
🌱 Harming #IndigenousPeoples who have lived in more sustainable relationships with lands & ecosystems for generations
💵 Imposing foreign economic systems on lands & communities where they are unfit

#DecolWeek

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Climate Change is caused by human systems, and it magnifies injustices + inequities within them.

#MovementPower4ClimateAction #DecolWeek #Decol4Climate

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

We need to move on from thinking about Climate Change as an isolated issue that can be “solved” with surface level and technological solutions. We know that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5C requires ✨ transformational✨ change in our societies & economies.

#DecolWeek