Click here to go to the march with the Montclair contingent. The train leaves at 9AM from the Montclair Bay Street Station.

Join us on Sunday, September 14 at BK from 1-3PM to make posters/signs for the march.

It starts at 11:30am at Columbus Circle in NYC. We know that we need to awaken more people to the crisis at hand so that we begin the permanent shift to a fossil free future. Each of us has a deep commitment to reform in various other areas, including education, healthy food access, hunger, and human trafficking, but all of our efforts will be futile if we do not take care of our earth NOW by showing the world and its leaders that urgent action must be taken. Please sign up today to attend the March (the national organizers need to let the media know about the huge numbers coming) at http://peoplesclimate.org/march and then ask at least five friends and family members to do the same. I look forward to marching with you at this historic event.

As Jews prepare for Rosh Hashanah, we reflect on the changes that we would like to see in our lives and in our world. Our High Holy Day season begins with Selichot, a day in which we commit ourselves to change our ways and take action for the sake of teshuvah, a return to righteousness. We act in order to remind ourselves of a simple fact: that we are part of the larger world, and that our actions can have a global impact. This Selichot, we invite you to join us in a communal call for global teshuvah, making change for the sake of the world: The People's Climate March.

The march is on September 21; it will flow directly through the middle of Manhattan. The march will begin at Columbus Circle at 11:30am on Sunday, proceed over on 59th Street to 6th Avenue, down 6th Avenue to 42nd Street, then right on 42nd Street to 11th Avenue. The route passes by some of New York City’s most famous landmarks, from Rockefeller Center to Times Square.

The People’s Climate March is expected to be the largest demonstration for climate action in history. The march takes place just two days before President Obama and world leaders gather for an emergency Climate Summit at the United Nations. UN Secretary­ General Ban Ki-­moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.

Marchers are demanding leaders go beyond rhetoric and commit to bold action at the summit. With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we’ll take a stand to bend the course of history. We’ll take to the streets to demand the world we know is within our reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities.

More than 750 organizations around the world are supporting the People’s Climate March, from the largest transit workers union in New York City to a coalition of buddhist monks. In total, the groups represent roughly 100 million people worldwide.

The Tikkun Olam Commission invites Reconstructionist communities to join this march for the earth. On Rosh Hashanah, we read from the machzor hayom harat olam: this is the birthday of the world. Just days beforehand, we have the opportunity to celebrate the earth and march for its health and safety. What better gift could we give?

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Director, Social Justice Organizing at RRC

Rabbi Joshua Lesser, Chair, Tikkun Olam Commission

Jake Best Adler, Intern, Tikkun Olam Commission