People for Community Recovery was founded in 1979 by Hazel Johnson, known as the mother of the environmental justice movement. PCR’s mission is to enhance the quality of life of residents affected by environmental pollution. PCR educates the public, advocates for policy and program changes and coordinates services on issues of the environment, education, health, housing, safety, and economic equity.
The NC Climate Justice Collective cultivates a multi-racial, intergenerational grassroots movement ecosystem to address the root causes of climate change. Using popular education and cultural organizing, we ignite social transformation. We center all our work in the leadership of youth, Black, Indigenous and people of color, women, low wealth people, and LGBTQI+ people to create strategic alignment. We are bringing an end to fracked gas infrastructure, coal ash pollution, industrial agriculture and forest destruction while planting the seeds of a life-sustaining, regenerative society.
The New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA) is an alliance of New Jersey-based organizations and individuals committed to working together to create healthy, sustainable, and just communities by eliminating environmental injustices in low-income and communities of color. Together, we support and work with communities through local, state, and national policy development, targeted campaigns and organizing, education, advocacy, training and workforce development, and technical assistance focused on critical environmental justice issues.
NJEJA is not only geographically diverse but is also the only statewide environmental organization in New Jersey that has a majority of people of color in its membership and leadership. This diversity is one of NJEJA’s most important assets and allows us to bring a unique perspective to issues that is otherwise often absent in mainstream environmental policy discussions within New Jersey and the nation.