"The Action Center on Race & the Economy (ACRE) is a 501(c)(4) organization formed in 2017 that drives political and policy campaigns that fight for structural change. We directly take on the financial institutions and anti-democratic actors that are responsible for pillaging communities of color and poor families, subverting voting rights, and destroying our environment. We support racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations with strategic planning and advocacy coordination on political campaigns."
The EJ movement is an inter-generational, multi-racial and international movement that promotes environmental, economic and social justice by recognizing the direct link between economic, environmental and health issues and demanding a safe, clean community and workplace environment.
"We are people of faith taking a stand together around the world to avert the climate crisis, end the era of fossil fuels, support a just transition to a green economy, and restore harmony with the planet for a livable future."
Living Cities is a collaborative of leading philanthropic foundations and financial institutions committed to closing the racial income and wealth gap so that all people in U.S. cities can live economically sustainable and abundant lives.
"In the 1930s the federal government created redlining maps for almost every major American city. Mapping Inequality lets you explore these maps and the history of racial and ethnic discrimination in housing policy.
Advances community and restorative justice as a social movement by serving people and organizations committed to building community and addressing harm. NACRJ provides guidance and support to establish high quality practices with fidelity to restorative principles.
Combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
This list of resources seeks to serve as a corrective, underscoring the reality of environmental racism. With so many wonderful recommendations, we had to split the list into two parts. This fist part focuses primarily on primer texts to help readers establish a base of knowledge. The second part considers Indigenous knowledge of the environment and approaches to environmentalism, incorporating a host of online resources for added benefit.
This list of resources seeks to serve as a corrective, underscoring the reality of environmental racism. With so many wonderful recommendations, we had to split the list into two parts. This fist part focuses primarily on primer texts to help readers establish a base of knowledge. The second part considers Indigenous knowledge of the environment and approaches to environmentalism, incorporating a host of online resources for added benefit.
From Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute, this report includes interactive tools including maps and findings of studies that show more racial residential segregation.
The Urban Institute, examines how structural racism continues to disproportionately segregate communities of color from access to opportunity and upward mobility by making it more difficult for people of color to secure quality education, jobs, housing, healthcare, and equal treatment in the criminal justice system.
Land Matters Podcast
A behind the scenes look at what makes cities tick. Whether financing infrastructure, adapting to climate change, or building more affordable housing, a big part of innovative solutions can be traced back to land.
