BarbieBibleHappyBand

Co-founder and GLITTER Program Manager for Ground Score Association (a Peer-lead initiative of Trash for Peace)

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

Ground Score Association doesn't have a Twitter account. This week we expanded to 4 new locations. Lents,Parkrose,Powell,SE35th. The GSA's GLITTER teams (14routes) picked up 12,121 pounds of trash. I'm tired and proud AF.😏🤯 https://t.co/9uIPIbx28H

[City of Portland, OR @PortlandGov]

GLITTER, or Ground Score Leading Inclusively Together Through Environmental Recovery, was launched in 2021 through a partnership between the City of Portland’s Impact Reduction Program and Ground Score Association in response to the urgent need for trash pickup.

The GLITTER program was designed to conduct general litter pick up but has always been primarily focused on serving people experiencing homelessness. It uses Impact Reduction Program data about where people are living outside to prioritize waste collection routes, then GLITTER teams work in those locations to provide garbage service to people living outdoors. Currently the program runs about 24 tent-side waste collection routes in Old Town, downtown, the Central Eastside, North Portland, and East Multnomah County.

New data reveals the big impacts of this partnership, with huge positive outcomes for people and planet. GLITTER has helped people transition from homelessness to housing, have better health outcomes, and removed 170,000 pounds of trash – including toxic micro debris like cigarettes and needles – from Portland public spaces in 2024.

Read the full story at https://t.co/cEI82hM56S.

[@andresdelcas.bsky.social @andresdelcas]

« The question, is whether Busan will be seen as a “lighthouse, guiding us toward more sustainable horizons, or a warning beacon for sinking hopes.” »

#PlasticsTreaty #INC5🇰🇷

https://t.co/4FJjWJ5KHl

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

The 20 million waste pickers around the 🌎 are the true unsung heroes keeping our communities safe and clean, creating much needed jobs & protecting nature.

At #UNGA I met with @globalrec_org representatives to hear their perspective on latest progress towards a #PlasticsTreaty.

[@andresdelcas.bsky.social @andresdelcas]

Panel on the #PlasticsTreaty

#UNGA79 #ClimateWeekNYC

[@andresdelcas.bsky.social @andresdelcas]

Bjorn Beeler (Ipen) :Plastics is a liability not an asset”

#PlasticsTreaty #UNGA79 #ClimateWeekNYC

[Juakali Initiative @juakali_ug]

A moment of silence for the waste pickers that have lost their lives.

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

#wastepickerinnews 🌍✍🏽: Our waste picker comrades from Ground Score Association were featured for their incredible work ✊🏾💚
Read here: https://t.co/6wPiXwiAWF
@barb71ra 🌟

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

Anything you can do to help the waste pickers and their families. Fire is a huge risk and little access to running water makes things worse.

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

We stand with our grieving comrades in Kenya from Gioto dumpsite and regret the loss of lives of our fellow waste pickers, where, due to a fire, 3 waste pickers lost their lives and 2 children are hospitalised. Support those impacted, contribute here:https://t.co/vTqaoaHqhH

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

Our Executive Council is pleased to announce the appointment Kabir (Qabeer) Arora (Jalandhari) as the General Secretary of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers 👏🏾💚

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

You hurt one of us, you've hurt all off. We stand with our waste picker Sisters and Brothers in Argentina and denounce brutal police violence.

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

We want to denounce the brutal police repression exercised against our members during the mobilization held on June 6, 2024 in front of the former Ministry of Production in #Argentina
Read our full statement here:
https://t.co/JR1Nvbm48z

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

WHITE POVERTY is about exposing the myths that keep us from seeing the poverty that paralyses America’s possibility.

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

Tonight on KION 6 News Ground Score Association, great story! honor to work with beautiful people. "WE" are Ground Score Association, changing society's perception of who and what is considered valuable. Every human being is valuable. https://t.co/RaVS9o4vnc

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

Thank you Emmy and Patrick

[Emmy Nøklebye @emmynoklebye]

🌍Just Published 🌏

Check out this new article tracing the role and influence of waste pickers in the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations and their fight for a #JustTransition towards ending #PlasticPollution.

➡️ https://t.co/CPHU0ij0QN

@plasticpatricko @NIVAforskning @globalrec_org

[WIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL]

A major milestone this past week: @globalrec_org holds its 1st Elective Congress🗳️

Congratulations to all elected office bearers!

We wish you strength and solidarity as you continue to build waste picker power & work towards a just transition💪♻️🌍

#IAWPCongress2024

[City of Portland, OR @PortlandGov]

City of Portland staff proudly presented at the 1st Elective Congress of the @globalrec_org Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina this past weekend.

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

I love this video 💞 I'm so excited to be journey with all of my Comrades.

[WIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL]

A major milestone this past week: @globalrec_org holds its 1st Elective Congress🗳️

Congratulations to all elected office bearers!

We wish you strength and solidarity as you continue to build waste picker power & work towards a just transition💪♻️🌍

#IAWPCongress2024

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

@GAIAnoburn @globalrec_org @GAIAUS_CAN @GAIA_LAC @zerowasteeurope Thank you for coming, I appreciate you.

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

As history is happening here in Canada, I want to lift up my friend who spoke for young people around the world. It was quite amazing to be here in person.

[GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @GAIAnoburn]

At the #INC4 Plenary last night, GAIA Asia Pacific member @aeshnina @ecotonID delivered the intervention to represent @brkfreeplastic youth.

▶️her powerful call to action for a strong #PlasticsTreaty 👇

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #LessPlasticMoreLife #EndWasteColonialism #WasteTrade

[BarbieBibleHappyBand @barb71ra]

This is Francis another bestie, he is from Vancouver BC. Such an awesome honor to organize with him.

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

"Waste pickers should be at the table. They should be coming out with the proposals on what affects waste pickers."

Watch Francis Taban from @Binners_Project - Canada speaking on his impressions of @UNEP's #INC4, where the world is discussing a global treaty on plastic. ✊🏿♻️

[PSI – Public Services International ✊🌍🚩 @PSIglobalunion]

Workers united @ituc @PSIglobalunion @globalrec_org for a Just Transition for ALL workers in the plastic and waste supply chain at #INC4 with the stewardship of the @ilo @BertDeWel