Environmental Justice Resources
| Check here for information on environmental justice topics, incl. health and work-related issues -- also a great resource to start your research and to network with other groups. | |
ActionPA.org |
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| ActionPA.org is
a Pennsylvania-based research, organizing and networking center for
the grassroots environmental justice movement. >>> more |
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Camden Area Health Education Center |
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| Camden Area
Health Education Center's (AHEC) mission: Improving Community Health through Education, Advocacy and Partnership" >>> more |
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Camden Community Recovery Coalition |
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| Camden Community Recovery Coalition (CCRC) works to promote improved environmental justice and conditions Camden, New Jersey through public policies that foster improved health and safety - focusing especially on lead contamination -- and other issues that impact quality of life. $5,000 to support the Camden Community Recovery Drinking Water and Lead Environmental Justice Project. | |
Camden Greenways |
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| Camden Greenways is trying to implement a Greenways Plan that details an extensive linear park system along the Delaware River, Cooper River, and Newton Creek in Camden, New Jersey. | |
CATA - EL Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas |
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| CATA is
a migrant farm worker organization governed by and comprised of farm
workers actively engaged in the struggle for better working and living
conditions. >>> more |
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Center for Childhood Neurotoxicology and Exposure Assessment |
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| The Center
for Childhood Neurotoxicology and Exposure Assessment is located
at the Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), and is a
jointly sponsored Institute of Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. George Lambert,
director of the Center for Childhood Neurotoxicology and Exporsure
Assessment, is a member of the Science Advisory Board of the USEPA,
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI),
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute
of New Jersey.
>>> more |
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Center for Justice, Tolerance & Community |
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| Center
for Justice, Tolerance & Community (CJTC) at UC Santa Cruz. Activities
include: research in environmental justice, regionalism, and affordable
housing, collaborative projects with community organizations. >> Report (Feb 17, 2007): Still Toxic After All these Years (pdf - 24 pages) |
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Cramer Hill Resident Association |
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| Cramer Hill Resident Association is a grassroots community group in the Cramer Hill neighborhood, giving voice to the concerns of residents. | |
Delaware Riverkeeper Network |
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| The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) is the only advocacy organization working throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed. DRN is committed to restoring the watershed's natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists. | |
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
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| Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) provides comprehensive, coordinated planning for the orderly growth and development of the bi-state region. Among many other concerns, DVRPC advises on regional policy, including the environment and land use. | |
Energy Justice Network |
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Justice Network is
a membership-based organization, empowering the grassroots through
various tools including organizing advice, digital networks, and
our mapping project. We take direction from the people we serve through
a horizontal and democratic structure.
We understand that energy issues have profound
impacts on many other environmental issues from agriculture to
waste, and recognize that low-income communities and communities
of color tend to be the most seriously impacted by polluting energy
systems. We support a comprehensive, environmental
justice approach. Read more about Energy & Environmental
Justice. >>> visit the Energy Justice Network website |
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Environmental Defense |
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| Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy food and flourishing ecosystems. | |
Grist: Environmental News and Commentary |
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| Grist: It's gloom and doom with a sense of humor. | |
| Horticultural Society of South Jersey | |
| Horticultural Society of South Jersey (HSSJ) is a membership organization, open to anyone with an interest in gardening, growing and sharing knowledge and plants with others. | |
National Association of Colored People |
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| National Association
of Colored People (NAACP) is one of the oldest and most well-known
civil rights organizations in the region. The City's NAACP chapter
president is an active member and supporter of SJEJA and has advocated
on the state and national level to have the organization focus more
on environmental justice issues in Camden. >>> more |
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Nature Conservancy |
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| The Nature Conservancy is a
conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically
important lands and waters around the world for nature and people. >>> more |
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New Jersey Citizen Action |
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| New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) aims to promote economic, social, racial and political justice by encouraging the active involvement of New Jersey residents in challenging the public and private institutions and agencies that impact our lives. >>> visit the NJCA website | |
New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
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| New
Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) aims to preserve land and
natural resources for the benefit of all.
>>> visit the NJCF website |
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New Jersey Environmental Federation |
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| New
Jersey Environmental Federation (NJEF) - The NJ chapter of national
Clean Water Action, is a non-profit, action-oriented organization
with nearly 70,000 individual member and over 100 environmental,
community, religious, labor and student member groups. >>> more |
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New Jersey Public Interest Research Group |
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| New
Jersey Public Interest Resarch Group (NJPIRG) works to deliver
persistent, result-oriented public interest activism that protects
consumers, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive,
democratic government.aims to preserve
land and natural resources for the benefit of all.
>>> visit the NJPIRG website |
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| New York State Department of Health Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) | |
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York State Department of Health Environmental
Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Web site provides links to existing environmental
and human health data. It describes concepts on how the environment affects
human health and has links to projects that use health and environmental
data. Links are provided to data, such as birth outcomes, asthma, cancer incidence, childhood lead poisoning levels and cardiovascular disease, drinking water, pesticide use, radon, outside air and more. Plans are in the works to add more data links and to make the site more interactive by offering options to query data and generate more customized information. The Web site is part of the state's larger Environmental Public Health
Tracking Program, which is funded by the national Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. This project focuses on building a national
environmental health data network for states to share data and to explore
patterns and trends in environmental health. It also calls for improving
public access to environmental health information. |
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| New Jersey Work Environment Council | |
| The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of 70
labor, community, and environmental organizations working together
for safe, secure jobs, and a healthy, sustainable environment. WEC
links workers, communities, and environmentalists through training,
technical assistance, grassroots organizing, and public policy campaignsto
promote dialogue, collaboration, and joint action. >>> go to the NJWEC website |
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Penn Environment |
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| Penn
Environment. To overcome the opposition of powerful special interests,
PennEnvironment relies on independent research and tough-minded advocacy
to help win local initiatives regarding air and water quality and
the preservation of open space. >>> more |
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South Camden Citizens in Action |
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| South Camden Citizens in Action (SCCIA) is a community organization
for the Waterfront South neighborhood. The members began their environmental
justice work in 1997 by organizing a campaign to address the horrific
smells and blighting effects of the sewage treatment plant in their
community. >>> read about this community's struggle |
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South Jersey Regional Equity Organizing Project |
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| South
Jersey Regional Equity Organizing Project (SJREOP) is a faith-based,
grass roots coalition of many SJ groups whose goal is to change our
social structures to promote equity, stability, and growth in our
communities.
>>> more |
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Step It Up 2007 |
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| Step
it Up 2007 In all 50 states, at more than 1400
iconic places across the nation, we have united around a
common call to action: "Step It Up Congress: Cut Carbon
80% by 2050." Your move, Congress. >>> more pictures |
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