oTACA 20-21

The OEA Environmental Justice Caucus (EJC) has received a grant from National Geographic to help groups of teachers make online learning local, active, and relevant for students. This work is already happening in organic collaborations of teachers, one example being the ECCL Cadres. The Oakland Teachers Advancing Climate Action (OTACA) collaborative gives us the opportunity to build on this work by supporting teachers and honoring their work as they support students to:

• Research and map an Oakland-specific, climate relevant phenomenon or question

• Make recommendations related to their findings and take action

The OTACA community will design and try out student-action projects related to environmental justice.