Oxfam America's Walk for Climate Justice - Earth Day 2008

Climate change is a global issue: we are all affected. But poor people are hit first and worst.

As a show of solidarity, Oxfam America organized the Walk for Climate Justice. It is our visual representation of the current and future hardships caused by the impacts of climate change around the world. This event occurred in more than 10 US cities, including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco.

Participants in the walk dressed in matching white shirts to show that climate change does not discriminate based on race, religion, or economic status: it affects us all. Carrying water buckets brought from home, the participants walked for approximately 10 minutes. Although the actual distance traveled today was small, it represented the increasingly longer distances that women, men, and children living in developing
countries travel each day for water.

If you have any questions, email climatechange@oxfamamerica.org or come visit us at www.oxfamamerica.org/climate.

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