Intersections: People, Planet, and Power (IP3) is a group of Bowdoin community members committed to reframing the discussion surrounding injustice from a divided conversation to an integrated and holistic one. Across the globe, from Ferguson to the People’s Climate March, from the water wars of Bolivia and Detroit to the fight against discrimination right here on campus, people are standing up to resist injustice. The accelerating climate disaster, which threatens to destabilize all aspects of civilization within the next century, intensifies these conflicts and creates a new urgency for collaboration and unified action.
IP3 aims to bring together traditionally separated social movements, such as climate justice and social justice, in order to facilitate a multi-faceted approach to understanding and addressing injustice on all levels. We will host campus events that will serve as platforms fostering inclusive community discussion and education, and work together to design and take actions promoting a just and sustainable future for all. We will also work with existing organizations on campus to highlight their intersections and support them in developing alliances around issues of justice. We are committed to improving humanity’s relationship with both our natural and our social environments as an acknowledgement of our responsibility to the Common Good.