Almost 40 urban, rural and indigenous grassroots groups have United in Solidarity for Environmental Justice!
The California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) is a newly formed network of organizations with the common mission of taking action to bring about systemic change in industry and government policies and practices to protect health and promote justice and resilient communities by uncompromisingly following the Principles of Environmental Justice; promoting unity and solidarity; using community-based knowledge; and strengthening community leadership.
Led by people of color and low-income communities, CEJC is a broad, inclusive, grassroots statewide coalition of small and large groups uniting urban, rural and indigenous communities in resistance against environmental racism and injustice, and committed to environmental, social, and economic justice.
Recently the CEJC announced it will hold its founding conference on Saturday, November 8th in Kettleman City, a town where, currently, environmental justice advocates fight against the expansion of a toxic Waste Management landfill. For more information on CEJC please send an email to CEJCoaltion@gmail.com.
Members of the California Environmental Justice Coalition:
Asamblea de Poder Popular de Gonzales
Bay Area Healthy 880 Communities
Boyle Heights Stakeholders Association
Breakthrough Communities
Citizens for Chiquita Canyon Landfill Compliance
Comite Civico del Valle
Comite Pro Uno
Community Food and Justice Coalition
Desert Protection Society
East Side Coalition Against Exide Toxic Technologies
El Pueblo Para el Aire y Agua Limpia/People for Clean Air and Water of Kettleman City
Food Empowerment Project
Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network
Fresno Brown Berets
Global Community Monitor
Grayson Neighborhood Council
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
Huntersview Mothers and Fathers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice
Idle No More SF Bay Area
Just Transition Alliance
La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle
Mexican American Political Association (MAPA)
Mohave Cultural Preservation Program
Mothers of East Los Angeles
OccupySF Environmental Justice Working Group
Poder Verde Comite de Wasco
San Joaquin Valley Latino Environmental Advancement Project
Tri-County Watchdogs
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
Valley Improvement Projects
West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs
West County Toxics Coalition
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
Youth United for Community Action
Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) 