“I want people to know that it’s possible to fight these big, multi-million entities,” says Alessandra Chavira.
to host a pop-up event in Denver featuring BIPOC vendors and musicians. “During the event, we talked about the issues we’re facing with Suncor,” says Chavira. “I would give a lot of props to the Indigenous Youth Council—they’ve been holding the fight for a long time. There are a lot of youth movements here that are very intertwined. Community works that way.”
Members of the Brown Berets Colorado chapter. “Everyone who lives in Commerce City got a free air monitor, and some days it’ll tell you, ‘Don’t go outside.’ The only reason we have [the monitors] is not because of the city, though. It’s because of the organizations advocating for its residents.”Chavira’s involvement in community and environmental work extends further back than just this year, however.
It was in high school that Chavira became more deeply involved in climate activism. At the time, she was hired as an assistant at a community garden in Montbello, a neighborhood just a short drive from Commerce City, where she first became aware of the Suncor refinery. “My boss was talking to me about Suncor and how it was fucking up the soil to the point where they can’t plant out there,” says Chavira.
Residences bordering the Suncor Commerce City refinery. Chavira first became aware of the refinery and its environmental impact while working at a community garden: “My boss was talking to me about Suncor and how it was fucking up the soil to the point where they can’t plant out there.”
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