Activism and organizing
Jo is one of the lead-organizers and the Communications Director for the abolitionist movement, Here4TheKids.
She is a Climate Reality Leader, having attended Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Reality Training Corps in 2019. Additionally, Jo has worked on campaigns and events with high-profile U.S. politicians and their teams, including Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch — as well as with non-profit organizations, including Sierra Club and The Lonely Whale.
Here4TheKids
Here4TheKids is a community dedicated to solidarity and abolishing systems of oppression for collective liberation.
Community Against Fascism
Community Against Fascism is a movement to directly counter white supremacy and fascism within our schools.
Renewable Energy
Countries in the Global North produce the majority of emissions, while countries in the Global South suffer disproportionately. Join our lobbying efforts to insist our elected officials commit to the immediate planning and introduction of an equitable and just transition to renewable energy.
Climate Refugees
Each year, more than 20 million people are forced to leave their homeland due to climate change. Join our lobbying efforts to protect these people and insist our elected officials implement appropriate and compassionate climate refugee policies.
Factual BIPOC History
We need to teach our future generations about white privilege, white supremacy and to have honest conversations about race. Achieving racial justice means reforming our institutions. Demand that the comprehensive history of Black, Indigenous and People of Color be taught in all our educational institutions.
Profits donated to help restore communities
100% of profits from The Progressivists shopfront is donated to HAVEN, the non-profit collective of BIWOC and non-binary identifying folks rooted towards abolition, liberation and healing, through art and storytelling.
#HydrateLike
One million single-use plastic bottles are sold around the world every minute. Choose and champion sustainable ways of hydrating, to end our worldwide reliance on single-use plastics. A collaboration with Sierra Club and Lonely Whale.
Medical Racism
Black American women are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at 3-4 times the rate of white women. British Black and Pakistani folks are more than 2.5 times more likely to die of COVID-19 in English hospitals than white folks. The life expectancy of Indigenous Australian males is estimated to be 8.6 years lower than non-Indigenous males and 7.8 years lower for females.
Demand our medical establishments enact comprehensive cultural awareness training for medical professionals, as well as increased recruitment from the communities of Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color.
NR8: Gun Control
Senator Chris Murphy and California Governor Gavin Newsom — together with gun safety groups and the progressive social movement, The Progressivists — joined forces to raise money for seven Democratic candidates in competitive races across the country as well as one gun-related ballot measure, in the lead-up to the 2022 U.S. mid-terms.
Over-incarceration of BIPOC Women and Mothers
The over‐policing of women from Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities directly contributes to their higher rates of charging and imprisonment for minor offences compared to those same crimes by white/white-passing women. Achieving racial justice means reforming our institutions. Demand our elected officials address the high proportion of incarcerated women and mothers from BIPOC communities.