NCEJN Blog
Here you can explore articles and stories that we are telling from the front-lines of climate change.
Steve Wing International Environmental Justice Award
THE 2024 NOMINATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST Click the link above to submit nominations via our registration form, and/or send any supporting materials via email to: NCEJN EJ Summit Coordinators Email: summit@ncejn.org History and Overview In 2007 Gary R. Grant...
Elsie Herring Community Resilience Award
THE 2024 NOMINATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST. Click the link above to submit nominations via our registration form, and/or send any supporting materials via email to: NCEJN EJ Summit Coordinators Email: summit@ncejn.org Overview The Community Resilience Award is...
Naeema Muhammad EJ Youth Vanguard Award
THE 2024 NOMINATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST Click the link above to submit nominations via our registration form, and/or send any supporting materials via email to: NCEJN EJ Summit Coordinators Email: summit@ncejn.org Overview We believe in our young people and their...
Reflection: What is local environmental justice?
How can the environmental justice movement set aside a genocide? A genocide. The deliberate, intentional killing of a people. Isn’t that the crime of all environmental justice crimes?
Exciting NCEJN News-and More! (Newsletter, May 1, 2024)
Hello to you all, I have big news to share! Today, we not only honor the labor movement, but, at NCEJN, we’re also absolutely thrilled to tell you all that Dr Valerie Johnson has joined our team as our third co-Director! In the words of our Board: “The NCEJN Board...
Join EJ Actions from Apr 27-May 11 (Newsletter, April, 25, 2024)
There is such a beautiful bounty of EJ events to share, that I will limit this newsletter to just those events! Please find a listing of the events below, and more details on the events in the flyers (and in the links themselves). April 27: 11 am - 2 pm, Sampson...
Earth Day: What Does It Mean to Us? (Newsletter, April 22, 2024)
Hello, Today marks Earth Day. I would like to share a few thoughts with you all - with the express purpose of asking you to share your own thoughts, and to share your stories. Earth Day. How can I celebrate the earth, be humbled in its glorious wonder, feel inspired...
Helping Us Organize More Powerfully (Newsletter, April 19, 2024)
Hello! I hope that this week has been productive for you, moving us all a little bit closer to the world we envision. As your work day comes to a close and you get ready for the week-end, I hope you take some time to include the following events in your calendar for...
Unveiling Budgets, Taxes, & EJ Events! (Newsletter, April 16, 2024)
Hello, The most important public decision is how money is spent. A nation’s budget reveals a nation’s priorities. Yesterday was tax day. The average taxpayer in the United States paid $19,113 in federal income taxes in 2023. (Source.) Each year at tax time, the...