Climate justice is a movement that frames climate change as more than just an environmental issue, but rather one that has even more adverse social, economic and public health effects on underprivileged populations.

Gov. Ron DeSantis called for institutionalizing more people with mental health struggles against their will in the wake of the horrific mass shootings that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine.

Dr. Chelsea Rivera, of Central Florida Jobs with Justice, said she had concerns about the proposed legislation because of safety and welfare.

“There’s been a lot of attention right now on protecting the education of our students and the sanctity of our education. But if students are working longer hours, that’s an immediate danger to their education,” Rivera told the Phoenix after a legislative meeting in the Tampa Bay area on Thursday.

“I’m also really concerned about our immigrant and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) children who are already at increased risk of injuries in the workforce,” Rivera said.

Fewer people have come out the longer the strike has gone on, however. Lopez recalled some guy driving a Tesla stopping by, dropping off a box of donuts. A handful of politicians, community organizations like the Central Florida Jobs with Justice and the Democratic Socialists of America, and other socialist organizations have also shown up to the line in solidarity.

Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes learns more about how some local grassroots organizers hope to use the funds to relieve medical debt for residents. She speaks with Afua Atta-Mensah, chief of programs at the nonprofit Community Change and Tara “Glitter” Felten, a senior community organizer for the coalition Central Florida Jobs with Justice.

Some local grassroots organizers hope to use funds from the American Rescue Plan to relieve medical debt for residents.