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$7,500 to support the Climate Justice Community School series of programs that provide BIPOC youth and communities access to environmental justice education, mentorship, and the ability to build up and out their organizing skills. The Earth Month Convergence featured more than 20 speakers and trainers, as well as hundreds of participants, including young BIPOC environmental justice organizers, voices from the Global South and Indigenous artists and the Youth Environmental Justice Vanguard Program provides ongoing mentorship opportunities and $500 stipends to participants to develop and implement community-led solutions.