It’s Time To Come Together
We are experiencing multiple crises. TOGETHER Bay Area and our 80 member organizations are responding. We are serving as a regional voice to tell the story of how climate resilient projects are being impacted, hosting the Together Conference in May and events this fall, connecting job seekers with hiring organizations on our Jobs Board, sharing information about funding opportunities like Prop 4 Climate Bond, continuing to advocate for regional funding, and more.
The natural world needs us right now. While it give us food and clean water and spaces for recreation and rejuvenation, we need to take care of it. Protect it from destruction. Steward the lands with respect and reciprocity. Implement nature-based and equity-centered solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises. Check out all the ways that TOGETHER Bay Area members are caring for natural places and communities of people, plants, and animals.
This is the time to come together. It’s the time to think creatively about how we work for healthy lands, people, and communities. It’s the time to advocate. You can be a part of something positive, inclusive, and impactful. Join us!
What YOU can do
Contact your state and federal reps
- Call your state legislators and congress members to tell them how you have been impacted. Find your state reps. Find your congress members. Ask them to lead on healthy lands, waters, and communities.
Share your story
- How have you been impacted by the federal executive and secretarial orders? Tell us your story so that we can more effectively tell the impact on the Bay Area. Share your story here.
Help people find jobs
- Share our Jobs Board with your peers and networks. Share this post on LinkedIn. Help people impacted by recent orders find meaningful work!
Bring the joy
- Bring some joy to your team and community. Joy can take many forms: tangible, intangible, food, drinks, music, dancing, art, poetry. It can be created at any moment without any money by anyone. Offer up something light and fun, and see what happens.
What YOUR ORGANIZATION can do
Don’t stop
- The work for climate resilient lands, waters, and communities must continue. Use our Prop 4 Resource Hub to learn how to access funding from California’s $10 billion climate bond. Get creative, work together, and develop new ways of working.
Needs, offers, and ideas
Everyone has something to give, and everyone needs help sometimes. We’re in this together! Tell us what needs, offers, and ideas you have, and we’ll do our best to connect people, facilitate mutual aid, and create forums for collaboration. Click here.
Hire people for the short or long term
- A lot of people’s jobs have been impacted by the federal orders. Post job openings on our Jobs Board. Let’s find them a new role at the local or regional level. These are colleagues with valuable experience and expertise!
Contribute to Together Bay Area
- Contributions of $2,500, $5,000, and more can strengthen our capacity to respond to the federal administration’s impact on Bay Area lands, waters, and communities. Your support can help us coordinate to develop solutions, conduct more surveys, and amplify the stories of how the region is being impacted.
Join our coalition
- Become a member! Or boost your existing membership dues to make it possible for other organizations to join. Our members are collaborating in big and small ways for resilient lands that are integral to a thriving Bay Area and all people who live here. Join today.
In February and June 2025, we surveyed TOGETHER Bay Area members and partner organizations about the real and potential consequences of recent executive and secretarial orders. All of the respondents are on-the-ground implementers of climate resilience projects and programs working in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are place-based organizations working for healthy lands, waters, and communities.
From 39 organizations we heard:
- There is a significant financial impact. There is at least $60.5 million in funding for local projects that is currently threatened, frozen, or uncertain.
- There is a significant community impact. Orders about federal funding, workforce reduction, actions about immigration, and statements about diversity, equity, and inclusion are causing fear and anxiety.
- There are significant project delays due to the federal workforce reduction and associated low morale and anxiety slowing down critical work.
- Respondents called for regional collaboration and convening to develop and deliver local solutions and resource sharing.
Because of federal orders:
Projects for
catastrophic wildfire prevention
water quality
healthy forests
sea level rise adaptation
watershed and stream restoration
flood protection
urban forestry
and other climate resilience projects
are
PAUSED
People are experiencing
fear
anxiety
and concern
for their colleagues’
and community’s
safety
and
livelihoods
Questions? Contact us at [email protected]