EJ Organizations, Institutions & Networks

Posted: 27-May-2003; Updated: 28-May-2003

Other Online Resources

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice P.O. Box 6806, Falls Church, VA 22040, (703) 237-2249.
Formerly Citizens Clearinghouse on Hazardous Waste, CHEJ publishes a bi-monthly journal on the environmental justice movement, Everyone's Backyard; maintains a large collection of publications on community groups, issues, and organizing tips; organizes conferences and seminars; and provides technical and community organizing assistance.

Center on Race, Poverty & Environment California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. 631 Howard Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94110-1276, (415)495-8990.

Communities for a Better Environment is a community-based non-profit that focuses on toxic hazards. This page contains contact information for a variety of other community-based organizations.

EcoJustice Network is a useful network of organizations, including regional maps of community-of-color environmental justice groups.

Environmental Justice Database is a search engine for academic articles and studies on environmental justice and related topics.

Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University provides a wealth of information about milestones in the environmental justice movement: main players, major programs, history, and current issues. The program is directed by Robert D. Bullard.

EPA "Environmental Justice Hotline" EPA Environmental Equity Office. 1(800)962-6215.
Mainly for communities who want direct access to EPA regarding environmental justice concerns.

Indigenous Environmental Network P.O. Box 485, Bemidji, MN 56619, (218) 751-4967.
IEN helps organize groups in resisting the targeting of their reservations for waste facilities. Contains listings of current organizations and campaigns being run by and for the protection of indigenous peoples.

National Hispanic Environmental Council contains information about the National Hispanic Sustainable Energy & Environmental Conference, an annual meeting that brings together Latino environmentalists and mainstream environmental organizations and institutions.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is one of the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. NIEHS grants support health research projects among minority and low-income communities. 

National Tribal Environmental Council 2221 Rio Grande NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (505) 242-2175.
Has a technical assistance program that assists tribal governments in identifying solutions to their environmental management problems. Recently established a peer exchange program, supported by the EPA, which matches Native American environmental experts in various fields with tribes.

Native Americans and the Environment gives the history of Native American environmentalism as well as several lists by region of Native American environmental activism.

Office of the Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Office of Environmental Justice. As part of the EPA, this is the federal government's most direct involvement with the issue of environmental justice.

Service Training for Environmental Prograss (STEP) Station 17, VUMC, Nashville, TN 37235, (615) 322-4179.
This program of Vanderbilt Medical Center assists community-based environmental organizations in low-income communities as they mobilize and educate citizens about environmental health.

Student Environmental Action Coalition P.O. Box 31909, Philadelphia, PA 19104-0609, (215) 222-4711.
SEAC's People of Color Caucus' Environmental Justice Project has assembled a national network of community groups working on environmental and social justice issues. They also have an organizing training and consultation service, as well as a program linking schools with community-based services.

Southern Organizing Committee. P.O. Box 10518, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, (404) 755-2855.
SOC is a network that focuses on nurturing new leaders and organizations around issues of racism, war, economic injustice and environmental destruction.

Urban Ecology 414 13th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 251-6330.
Has several years of experience working with diverse constituencies to bring environmental quality to densely populated urban areas.