June is a special time. Because…Summer equinox! School is out! Vacations and travel plans are underway! And we are shouting hip hip hooray for our Climate Hero of the Month in June, Barbara Krupnik-Goldman! Barbara is a retired speech language pathologist from South Bend, Indiana. After living in the midwest she moved to Fort Collins in 1979, to Maumee, Ohio in 2002, and then to Portland, Oregon in 2012 – a well traveled advocate for the Earth!

Welcome to our June 2023 Newsletter! On behalf of all of us at 350CO – Happy June!   In this issue, read an interesting new report on PERA’s 2022 shareholder votes, continue to explore the intersection of music and activism, and get information on key climate bills passed this legislative session.

Testing 1, 2, 3 We are all being tested Here we are Testing our abilities Here we are Testing our ability… The opening lines of Testing, the first song on Lonnie Holley’s album Oh Me Oh My, released on the Jagjaguwar label on March 10, 2023. In 2013, in an interview with RJ Smith (NPR), Holley, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, shared this about his music, “I’m not trying to copy nobody, not trying to outdo nobody with my music…I’m trying to celebrate the opportunities that music allows for each individual.