Imagine Washington, Douglass Commonwealth (DC)
in a vision of climate justice: it’s a swampy Summer, still —
so take some water from the kind neighbor. Stroll in the park.
It’ll be hot– no doubt. But in this vision, DC is, as ever, the
coolest place to be. A vision in a dream: leading what could be
DC is cool and connected, solving for heat equity, the way DC will face Summers with more days in the dangerously hot 95°F+ range, the way it’s already been in heatwaves charged by fossil-fueled climate change. So in this vision, DC is cool and protected: first providing for unhoused folks, outdoor workers, and low-income neighbors,
so all can get through and thrive; flipping DC's different heat realities over street-by-street on redlined divides that had warmed mostly communities of color 10-20°F hotter. Here, instead DC is cool and collected, green new dealing with climate problems by multi-solving with underlying-condition-changing solutions for underserved areas first, ensuring
A/C, more cooling centers, more pools, more trees, more solar canopies, more splash parks, more clean corridors for all to trek into Rock Creek Park, and for you to swim again in a clean Potomac. DC is cool and interconnected by plentiful clean electricity— fossil-free, renewable, public power reclaimed, for transit-too, also safe, clean, and reliable as the dawn, into revitalized public commons, and land back to the Piscataway and Anicostan stewarding the future, transforming whatever it means to be American: for all Self-Determined, a New State— in Equality, Equity, and Sustainability— in a vision of Climate Justice, imagine - and take action, Washington, DC.