(WIB) – “You have power unless you give it away” are words my grandmother instilled in me as a young boy growing up in the mountains of Appalachia.

Her words have been echoing in my head as the seasons turn. Today is the first day of fall, and already the air feels unsettled, like it’s carrying both memory and warning. Climate Week is here, the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus is convening, and the Trump administration continues its ruthless rollbacks, including attacks on the federal Endangerment Finding that once recognized greenhouse gases as a threat to human health. These moments are not disconnected — they are braided together by a single truth: power is only real when we claim it, when we wield it for the protection of our communities, when we refuse

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