**Please be aware that
additional resources relevant to this topic may be provided
in the Federal Agencies, Hotlines, Holistic/Multi-Topic Web
Resources, and/or Recursos en Español (Spanish Resources)
sections of the website. Further, links to specific documents,
fact sheets, etc. are provided within the relevant topical sections
of the Alliance website.
Center for Health, Environment, and Justice - www.chej.org
- CHEJ is a national grassroots environmental organization founded to
address threats faced by individuals nationwide to their right to a clean
and healthy environment regardless of their race or economic standing.
Its website contains details on both national and local environmental
justice campaigns, opportunities for local community involvement, educational
and informational resources, and technical assistance.
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice -
www.dscej.org
- Housed at the Xavier University of Louisiana, DSCEJ was developed in
conjunction with various community groups and universities to address
the environmental justice needs of the region. On their website, DSCEJ
provides an assortment of community, worker, and teacher trainings, as
well as community profiles to outline some of their projects and activities.
Environmental Justice and Health Union - www.ejhu.org
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EJHU is an environmental nonprofit organization focused on
bringing together environmental health professionals and environmental
justice activists to eliminate environmental disease in poor
minority communities.
Environmental Justice Research Center - www.ejrc.cau.edu
- Based at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, EJRC provides
research, technical, scientific, legal, and other support to community-based
organizations (CBOs) and environmentally impacted communities in social
justice areas related to environmental and economic justice, environmental
racism, community health, and many more.
National Black Environmental Justice Network - NBEJN
is a nonprofit organization that was formed in December 1999 during an
emergency gathering of black community activists, labor groups, farmers,
educators, youth, lawyers, and health professionals. People from more
than 30 states came together in New Orleans, Louisiana, to map out strategies
to defeat a pro-environmental racism campaign led by industrial associations
and business lobbying groups and to strengthen the environmental justice
movement. NBEJN has undertaken a four-point strategy to combat environmental
racism that focuses on the following: 1. Safe and Healthy Communities;
2. Sustainable Development and Clean Production; 3. Civil Rights and Equal
Protection Laws/Policies; and 4. International Human Rights Protections.
For more information, contact Executive Director Damu Smith; National
Black Environmental Justice Network; 1400 16th Street N.W., Suite 225;
Washington, DC 20036; Phone: 202-265-4919; Fax: 202-265-4912; E-mail:
NBEJN029@aol.com.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental
Justice -
www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html
- The Office of Environmental Justice serves as a focal point for ensuring
that communities comprised predominately of people of color or low-income
populations receive protection under environmental laws.
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