Other Organizations:

Alternatives for Community and Environment

Based in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) has been working in partnership with low income communities and communities of color to achieve environmental justice since 1993. ACE provides legal and technical support, educational programs, and organizing assistance to community groups throughout New England to solve environmental problems and develop local environmental leadership.

· Educating citizens on their rights and opportunities for involvement in environmental and public health decision making.
· Developing the capacity of neighborhoods to take control over problems affecting their health and environment.
· Creating systemic solutions to address the unequal distribution of environmental burdens and to promote safe, sustainable economic development.

Contact information:
2343 Washington St, 2nd Floor
Roxbury, MA . 02119
Tel: (617) 442-3343
Fax: (617) 442-2425
info@ace-ej.org

 


Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice has been designed to meet the environmental health and environmental justice need of powerless urban communities and communities of color in Connecticut, starting in Hartford and Bridgeport CT.

· The Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice is made up of 11 organizations: ONE/CHANE, Coalition to Strengthen the Sheldon/Charter Oak Neighborhood (CSS/CON), Hartford Area Rallies Together (HART), Building Parent Power, North Hartford Seniors in Action, Hartford Federation of Teachers, The Hispanic Health Council, Conn. Fund for the Environment, Black Men's Society, The Natural Guard, and Toxics Action Center.
· The mission of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice is: to protect urban environments in Connecticut through community education, promoting changes in state policy, and promoting individual, corporate and governmental responsibility towards our environment.

Contact information:
P.O. Box 2022
Hartford, CT 06145-2022
(860) 548-1133
(888) 548-1133 (toll free)
(860) 548-9197 (fax)
http://www.environmental-justice.org/

 

Here are some more links to check out:


· Communities and Universities working toward environmental justice
www.crp.cornell.edu/projects/ej/

· What toxins are released in your community? Find out here!
www.scorecard.org

· The Environmental League of Massachusetts advocates for responsible environmental policy (since 1898)
http://www.environmentalleague.org/

· Right-to-Know Network provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development.
www.rtk.net

· How does the State of Massachusetts approach environmental justice?
http://www.state.ma.us/envir/environmentaljustice.htm

· Check this out for the Department of Energy's spin on things-you may be surprised!
http://www.em.doe.gov/public/envjust/

· Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow is a citizen initiative in Massachusetts that works to establish new government policies to prevent harm to our health from toxic hazards.
www.healthytomorrow.org

· This site has even more links!
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrajzer/nre/links.html

 

· For global perspectives:
www.thehungersite.org and www.globalexchange.org

· For a wealth of information on health, link yourself to the knowledge on:
www.ourbodiesourselves.org




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