Richmond County Amazon and Duke Energy Draft Air Quality Permits Public Hearing Report Back and Comments
August 4, 2026
NCEJN was present at the press conference and public hearing in Richmond County on July 30th. Find below, comments from Dr. Rania Masri, Jasmine Washington (SELC), Michelle (Meech) Carter (NCLCV), and Rev. Mac Legerton. More…
Press Release: New Community Science Project to Track CAFO Footprint Across the State of North Carolina
July 30, 2026
MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Lamont Brown, NCEJN, (984) 800-6705, chris@ncejn.org Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network and CleanAIRE NC, in collaboration with the Cooper Participatory Sciences Lab at…
NCEJN Joins 25 NC Groups In A National Effort to Pass a Nationwide AI Data Center Moratorium
June 18, 2026
500+ Groups from 47 States Call for Nationwide AI Data Center Moratorium In a letter sent to Congress, more than 520 organizations from 48 states called for the enactment of a full…
Press Release: Under The Pretense of Protection, Senate Bill 730 Shifts Financial Risks to North Carolinians
June 3, 2026
PRESS RELEASE 3 June 2026 Pretense, Not Protection: Senate Bill 730 sidesteps needed AI data center development regulations and 2050 carbon reduction goals in favor of nuclear buildout and Duke…
NCEJN in the News: voices from the NCEJN data center convening
April 2, 2026
Our friend Will Atwater reports on the NCEJN Data Center Convening held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Greensboro in early March of this year.
Resources on Understanding Data Centers and Their Environmental Impacts
March 24, 2026
Below you will find a number of resources that have been compiled over time for our NCEJN newsletter – Subscribe to learn more about the state of environmental justice locally, nationally…
NCEJN Signs Petition to Limit Support for Manure Digesters
January 16, 2026
On Janauray 14, 2026, NCEJN and 33 national organizations submitted a petition to urge USDA to limit federal support for costly manure digesters that funnel money to industrial-scale livestock operations.…
NCEJN: Our Year In Review – 2025
January 5, 2026
Please view or download our end of year report here. This report was finalized on December 18 and does not reflect the metrics of the entire month of December. An…
Community Resources – ICE + CBP
December 3, 2025
Recursos comunitarios – ICE + La Patrulla Fronteriza (CBP)
NCEJN’s Book Recommendations 2025
October 27, 2025
On January 21st, 2025 we announced the addition of our BOOK CORNER in our Tuesday newsletter. Here is the list of books we have recommended since then: Do you have…
Press Release: NC Environmental Justice Network formally requests public records related to animal feeding operations’ role in highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks
September 4, 2025
Press Contact: Rania Masri, PhD; Co-Director, NCEJN rania@ncejn.orgSeptember 4, 2025 NC Environmental Justice Network formally requests public records related to animal feeding operations’ role in highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks …
A Comprehensive Organizer Guide on Data Centers
August 27, 2025
A new comprehensive Organizer Guide titled “The Costs of Data Centers To Our Communities- and How to Fight Back” has been published by Kairos and Media Justice. For more on…
NCEJN’s Summit 2025
August 21, 2025
We Are Still Here: 27 Years of Holding Our Ground Resisting Injustice, Organizing the People, Mapping the Path, Building Power To Register visit: tinyurl.com/ncejn-summit2025-register Address: Franklinton Center At Bricks …
Coalition Comments on Alcoa’s Badin Business Park NPDES Permit Renewal
August 21, 2025
The Southern Environmental Law Center, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice respectfully submit the attached comments on behalf of the Yadkin Riverkeeper, the Concerned Citizens…
New Report Published Includes National Data on The Environmental Injustice of CAFOs
August 18, 2025
A New report was published last Tuesday showing that Animal feeding operations are associated with heightened concentrations of fine particulate matter and affect vulnerable communities in the United States. Our…
PODCAST: Listen to Dr. Rania Masri discussing Environmental Justice in North Carolina
August 12, 2025
Listen: Hear from our own Dr. Rania Masri in this week’s episode of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)’s Podcast: Frontline Voices: Environmental Justice in North Carolina. In Our Backyard Podcast By…
NCEJN Joins “NC to Gaza Solidarity” Campaign
June 12, 2025
The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) has signed onto “NC to Gaza Solidarity” organized by Triangle Jewish Voices for Peace with a call to senator Tillis : STOP STARVING…
Unveiling Buc-ee’s Burden- NCEJN’s Statement at the Mebane Press Conference
May 27, 2025
Good morning, and thank you for being here. My name is Rania Masri, co director of the NCEJN. This report that you see before you is a consequence of a…
Press Release – Buc-ee’s Burden
May 23, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2025 CONTACT: Kasey Kinsella, kasey@7directionsofservice.com ; Rania Masri, rania@ncejn.org New Report Exposes Buc-ee’s Risks to Health & Local Economies MEBANE, NC – Buc-ee’s Burden: How…
Dr. VJ’s 2025 Book List to Celebrate Women’s History Month
March 10, 2025
In Celebration of Women’s History Month, Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson, NCEJN Co-Director shares this bibliography with the network. Please onsider buying books from an independent book store. To celebrate Women’s…
CDC Urged to Release Bird Flu Data as Trump Slashes Key Staff Combatting Outbreak
February 24, 2025
For Immediate Release, February 24, 2025 Contact: Hannah Connor, (202) 681-1676, hconnor@biologicaldiversity.org WASHINGTON— Public-interest groups called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today to release updated public information critical…
NCEJN Mourns The Passing of Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson
February 13, 2025
With heavy hearts, we at NCEJN join the Beloved Community Center (BCC) in mourning the passing of Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson of Greensboro, North Carolina. Rev. Johnson was the founding pastor…
End of Year Report – 2024
December 19, 2024
We are excited to share with you our first End of Year Report! Thank you to all of our NCEJN family and network, and especially to the communities we serve. We are…
A Coalition of Eight Organizations Hold Statewide Heat and Human Rights Events to Urge Adoption of Federal Heat Standards
December 4, 2024
Updated: News coverage of the events can be found here from NC Newsline and here from NC Health News. SPRING HOPE, NC (December 8, 2024) 7840 Old Bailey Hwy, Spring…
Funding Cop City in Durham – Postponed
November 15, 2024
This past Tuesday, November 12, the Durham Board of County Commissioners was to vote on spending $16 million to build a police training center – also known as Cop City.…
Bill Violating Due Process – Halted!
November 15, 2024
On November 12, the House voted on a bill (HR 9495) that would give the executive branch power to strip nonprofits of their status. This incredibly dangerous and unconstitutional legislation would…
NCEJN In The News: Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, making federal support for climate action and the just energy transition more critical than ever
November 11, 2024
Impacted communities across North Carolina speak on the elections and how the outcome affects their work and access to funding. The article also includes an interview with our Co-Director of…
North Carolina Poet Laureate Ms. Jaki Shelton Green Shares A Poem On NCEJN In Honor Of Our 25th Summit
November 11, 2024
“To celebrate the waking, wake. Burn in the daylong light… & praise.” – Muriel Rukeyser May these grounds, walls, & the soul of the Franklinton Center remind us that we…
North Carolina Communities’ Battle Against Animal Factory Pollution
October 31, 2024
From Earthjustice: “Overburdened communities in North Carolina face the harshest impacts of industrial animal production. Now, they’re taking a stand.” This article features Devon Hall, of the Rural Empowerment Association…
Energy Embargo Now to End the Genocide! No Environmental Justice Without Palestinian Liberation!
October 31, 2024
On the occasion of COP29, Palestinian grassroots organizations call on all civil society organizations at COP29 and around the world to mobilize urgently to impose an energy embargo on Israel…
Latino organizations seek solutions at environmental justice symposium
October 31, 2024
This year’s NCEJN summit broke records with the number of communities represented (~133), number of individuals which attended (~300), and the diversity of issues addressed. This article highlights the issues…
Naeema Muhammad Receives A Lifetime Achievement Award
October 29, 2024
Mama Naeema, Sister Naeema Muhammad was honored last night by Health & Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) with a lifetime achievement award for her role in the environmental justice movement and…
Congratulations to Our NCEJN 2024 Summit Award Winners
October 29, 2024
Every October since NCEJN’s establishment in 1998, we have acknowledged our EJ warriors with awards of appreciation. This year only, on our 25th Summit anniversary, we have created the Quarter Century…
North Carolina Communities’ Battle Against Animal Factory Pollution
October 29, 2024
Earthjustice, a nonprofit public interest environmental law organization, reported recently on the history of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Duplin and Sampson County, specifically the work being done by…
Attorneys working with alleged victims of ‘toxic building’ on NC State campus
October 10, 2024
WRAL News recently reported on Poe Hall, on the campus of North Carolina State University, regarding an environmental attorney accusing the school of neglecting cancer risk in the building. More…
U.S. Representative Alma S. Adams, (NC-12), Rep. McGovern (MA), and Senator Booker (NJ) Introduce The Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA)
September 25, 2024
This Climate-Smart Farm Conversion Bill would use existing agricultural conservation funds to support farmers who opt to transition from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to sustainable and humane production systems.…
Press Release: Vigil to Protect NC Farmworkers
August 22, 2024
Rocky Mount, NC – As part of the Not One More Death campaign, El Futuro es Nuestro (The Future is Ours) and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), the…
Spidey Sense-r initiative kicks off in three North Carolina communities
August 17, 2024
Air pollution in the U.S. has been seen as a cost of progress – a necessary evil to have the gains provided by industrial manufacturing. However, Black, brown, and rural…
NCEJN Annual Environmental Justice Summit
At this annual summit, we strengthen relationships and networks and deepen inclusive spaces through linguistic equity and true intersectionality. We develop a stronger strategy for action – all toward building a more impactful environmental justice (EJ) movement.
Touring Richmond County
August 21, 2026
By: Laura Love, love.laura.j@gmail.com Long-lived lineages weaving through Black, white and Indigenous families and a gentle abundance of green flowing everywhere were the first impressions of Rockingham and Richmond County that…
Reflecting on E-I-E-I-O No! – a community-science initiative
August 6, 2026
Dr. Chris Lamont Brown & Corey Curtis, Research and Education Team, NCEJN Last week we launched “E-I-E-I-O No!” on Zooniverse, a community science initiative designed to map the hidden footprint…
From Exploited Workers. To Dehumanized Detainees.
July 9, 2026
Munir Abdul-Hakim, Muslims for Social Justice / People’s Power Lab Rania Masri asked me to write a reflection on “the surge in kidnappings by ICE.” She’s right to call it…
On Community-Managed Historic Preservation of Environmental & Racial Justice
May 27, 2026
Emma Jo Donnelly, NCEJN’s Public Historian I inherited my strong commitment to justice from my parents and my grandmother. My grandmother was the first woman to become president of her…
On Four Constitutional Amendments That Would Impact NC for Generations to Come
May 20, 2026
Kayan Cheung-Miaw (she/they | ella/elle), Inclusive Economies Project Director, United for a Fair Economy The NC General Assembly is trying to push four constitutional amendments that would impact NC for…
Public Comment on The Pitt | Greenville Airport Hanger Expansion
May 12, 2026
Debra Goldberg, Greenfield Resident I am a resident of Greenfield, a community located less than a quarter mile from Pitt/Greenville Airport. I can walk to the runway in under five…
Environmental Justice ‘vs’ Energy Justice: Missed Opportunity for Energy Democracy in Warren County
May 7, 2026
Chris Lamont Brown, NCEJN Co Director On Monday, Warren County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to reject a text amendment to their solar ordinance, effectively ending a 900-acre solar project…
“Not One More Death In The Fields” – A Call To All Faith Communities + Allies
April 15, 2026
Leticia Zavala, El Futuro Es Nuestro Dear friends and allies, As you all know we have been fighting for water, breaks, right to medical attention and an emergency plan in…
On A Partnership Training Opportunity
April 10, 2026
Get free curriculum, training, and support running community assemblies. contact: dominique.beaudry@duke.edu Who Am I? My name’s Dominique, and I’m a graduating Master of Public Policy student. After teaching high school…
On Imperialism, Ecocide, and Climate Justice
April 2, 2026
Hosted by NCWARN, on Tuesday March 24th, 2026, Dr. Rania Masri (NCEJN co-director) gave a talk on the climate and environmental impacts of imperialism. You can watch the talk here.…
On The Washington, N.C. Forced Labor Case
February 27, 2026
Yesenia Cuello, NC Field + NCEJN Board Co-Chair We’re encouraged to see federal authorities investigating and bringing charges in this Washington, N.C. forced labor case. Accountability matters. But we also know this…
Reflection On The 2025 Black Ecologies Field School
February 4, 2026
Danielle Purifoy (JD, PhD), is a former NCEJN Board Member, a UNC-CH Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography & The Environment, and an author of so many articles relevant to our…
Megawatts Over People: The Real Cost of Artificial Intelligence — and Why It Is Not Inevitable
January 28, 2026
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-director, gave a variation on this speech on January 20, 2026 for Democracy Out Loud [Updated February 20, 2026] There is a new monster spreading like…
Violence Is Not The Anomaly – But The Rule For This System
January 21, 2026
Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-Director, gave this speech on Monday, January 19, 2026 at the annual MLK March & Rally at the Thomas Foreman Park in Greenville, organized by Coalition Against…
From Chains To Change: Justice Is Still Demanding Justice
January 21, 2026
This speech was given on Monday, January 19, 2026 at the annual MLK March & Rally organized by the Coalition Against Racism (CAR) at the Thomas Foreman Park in Greenville,…
On Community Land & Power
January 15, 2026
A New Durham-Rooted Land, Housing and Environmental Justice Org/Co-Op Leslie St Dre, Founder, Organizer, Facilitator, Community Land and Power Community Land and Power (CLP), a new Durham-rooted land, housing and…
A New NCEJN Project for 2026
January 8, 2026
Luma Kennedy, NCEJN Communications Manager Last year on a warm December day, a chef, a farmer, an anthropologist and I took a walk on hallowed ground. Chef Wayne took Ms.…
On The People’s Hearing In Pittsburgh
December 16, 2025
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing & Policy The National People’s Hearing Tour, which began in Greensboro in June, has traveled to Tuscan (September) and Pittsburgh (November). The full testimonies…
Updates On the Fight Against Data Centers: Edgecombe County
December 4, 2025
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-Director There is much to fight for. There is much to win. And one fight now is to protect communities and the precious land and water…
In A Moment of Clarity, The Veil Has Fallen
November 12, 2025
Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing and Policy We are in a moment of clarity: the veil has fallen. The U.S. federal administration today is openly and brazenly showcasing its…
How Colonialism Erased “The Embodied Expert”
November 5, 2025
A Decolonial Perspective on Knowledge and Expertise With permission from the author : Tania Shoukair, Decolonized Mind-body Coach, Writer & Poet, Embodied Expert in Cooking! Colonialism was never just about…
NC Public Service Workers Union’s Call to Break The Bonds
October 29, 2025
Yesterday afternoon, NCEJN joined UE Local 150 and JVP triangle and other NC organizations for an event organized by the Break the Bonds NC Coalition. A petition was delivered to…
BWL’s Message to the People About Assata Shakur
October 8, 2025
This is a collective statement and it is published here with permission from the Black Workers League. “No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the…
Data centers & AI: draining our water resources, fueling fossil fuel expansion, and expanding the powers of repression and oppression
October 1, 2025
Sun Day and Make Billionaires Pay- September 21, 2025 – Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing & Policy I was asked to speak on climate change, immigration, and fascism. Three…
On Finding Your Place In the EJ Movement
September 25, 2025
Bea Baxley, NCEJN 2025 Intern I grew up in the suburban bubble that is Chapel Hill, and I never felt a strong connection to North Carolina. I didn’t feel that…
Testimony from The People’s Hearing, Tucson Arizona
September 11, 2025
Ya Basta! Enough is Enough! by Linda Robles, founder of The Envrionmental Justice Task Force Introduction My name is Linda Robles, I was born in the 1960s, and have lived…
Science Says: Badin Lake Needs Clean Water, Not More Toxins
August 21, 2025
On Tuesday August 19th, 2025, a public hearing was held on the renewal of the NPDES permit to Alcoa’s Badin Business Park. Among the 21 speakers, 14 spoke critically of…
Uphold Environmental Justice in West Badin: Enforce Title VI, Protect Our Community
August 21, 2025
On Tuesday August 19th, 2025, a public hearing was held on the renewal of the NPDES permit to Alcoa’s Badin Business Park. Among the 21 speakers, 14 spoke critically of…
Just Futures: Aligning Investment with Social Justice, Equity, and Community Power
July 24, 2025
At NCEJN, we have been searching for a 401(k) service provider for our staff. While our financial resources are modest, we firmly believe that everyone deserves access to retirement and…
Testimony on the NC Carbon Plan: A Call for Justice, Transparency, and Local Power in Our Energy Future
July 15, 2025
My name is Rev. Mac Legerton. I serve as Co-Director of the Robeson County Cooperative for Sustainable Development (RCCSD). I’m here today to sound the alarm about NC’s 30-year energy…
Testimony As Resistance
July 10, 2025
yh Patt gave testimony at the People’s Hearing on Wednesday, June 11 in Greensboro. Hello, My name is “yh”. That is, one letter from my mother and another from my father. …
Testimony of Resistance: On Kinship, Settler Colonialism, and the Many Futures We Must Build
July 2, 2025
Madhusudan Katti, Assoc Professor and Director of Science, Technology and Society + Leadership in Public Science, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NCSU, gave this testimony at the People’s…
Testimony of Resistance: Public Education, Empire, and Environmental Justice
June 25, 2025
Tina Shull, PhD, UNC Charlotte professor, at the Peoples Hearing (June 11, 2025) It’s an honor to be here and participate in solidarity; thank you NCEJN for your organizing and…
A Testimony On The Fight Against Systemic Injustice: Disruptive Peace and Imaginative Ambition
June 20, 2025
Shaun McMillan, educator and activist with Blueprint NC, gave testimony at the People’s Hearing on Wednesday, June 11 in Greensboro. Good morning my name is Shaun McMillan. I use he,…
Testimony on Exploitation by Design
June 12, 2025
Amy Elkins, Community Health Worker and Co-Founder of NC Field gives a testimony on exploitation, environmental racism & systemic neglect of latino communities in Eastern North Carolina. Amy Elkins represented…
A Reflection On NCEJN’s Second Quarterly Meeting
June 6, 2025
Bea Baxley, 2025 NCEJN Intern Bingham park, through the chain-link fence, is beautiful. Today is a perfect day to spend in a park, one of the last sub-75° Saturday mornings…
On Documenting Injustice and Possibility
May 22, 2025
Dani Lin Hunter, NCEJN Research and Education Manager I promised Luma and Rania I would write a reflection, and truthfully, I’m not sure what I have to say right now…
On NCEJN’s 2025 Graduating Research & Education Interns
May 15, 2025
Today we proudly congratulate our 2025 graduating interns!Colleen Dongarra and Rhiannon Williams, our Research and Education interns, and Emma Jo Donnelly, our Archival intern, have each made invaluable contributions to…
On The Work of Cypress Fund
May 8, 2025
Kayla Bacote, Program Officer at Cypress Fund – “a social justice intermediary focused on strategically investing funding and people power to strengthen and fortify the movement ecosystem in North and South Carolina…
On The Struggle Carried Forward
May 1, 2025
Today is May 1st- International Workers’ Day. NCEJN will be in Raleigh at the May Day event – to demand justice and dignity for workers and to protest against the…
On True Community-Led Research
April 24, 2025
Vidal Lormendez, a Community Health Worker and the Migrant Services Specialist at NC FIELD. Vidal regularly helps design, test, and implement projects alongside our agricultural workforce across 41 eastern North Carolina…
On A Student’s Experience At The NCEJN Summit
April 17, 2025
Carson Mease, Sustainable Development undergraduate student at Appalachian State University On the 18th of October, 2024, students of Appalachian State University’s Applications in Environmental Justice class traveled to Whitakers, North…
On Waging Love: Reflections on Justice, Memory, and Commitment to Collective Struggle
April 11, 2025
Reverend Wesley Morris, Senior Pastor at Faith Community Church These words were transcribed from a recording made at the Black Workers for Justice Banquet, of Reverend Wesley Morris, Senior Pastor…
On What Makes An Organizer
April 3, 2025
Anthony Diaz, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Newark Water Coalition My name is Anthony Diaz and I am the co-founder and executive director of the Newark Water Coalition. Newark Water…
On The Working Conditions of Airport Workers in NC
March 20, 2025
Nicholas Johnson, Former Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Prospect Airport Services Employee. Nick was born and raised in Charlotte, NC. In the summer of 2024, I worked at Charlotte Douglas International…
On Standing Up For Science
March 12, 2025
This speech was given by Dr. Dani Lin Hunter, NCEJN Research and Education Manager at Halifax Mall in Raleigh, NC on March 8, 2025 as part of the Stand Up…
Reflection On The History of EJ In Northampton County
March 6, 2025
Ms. Belinda Joyner, Concerned Citizens of Northampton County Right after Hurricane Katrina, there were two men that moved to Durham from New Orleans. One of the men had nowhere to…
On Returning to Service on The NCEJN Board
February 27, 2025
Caption: Peter Gillbert, Naeema Muhammad, Elizabeth Haddix, & Don Cavellini at NCEJN’s Annual Summit Peter Gilbert, Supervising Attorney at Legal Aid of North Carolina, and NCEJN Board Co-Chair. I am honored…
On An Evolving Role & Love
February 27, 2025
M. Zulayka Santiago, MPA. Founder & Creative Director Libelula Consulting, and departing NCEJN Board Co-Chair. Read her book! Although I have admired the work of NCEJN for many years, my formal relationship with this…
On the State Supreme Court
February 26, 2025
Photo credit to John McCann at North Carolina Black Alliance Gino Nuzzolillo, Campaigns Manager, Common Cause North Carolina The North Carolina Supreme Court is among the most important institutions we…
On Radical Imagination for the PFAS Resolution We Deserve
February 13, 2025
Dominique Beaudry, Graduate Student at Duke University “If you’re from Concord, go get your thyroid checked!” a friend posted on her instagram. After noticing a lump in my neck, I…
On Engaging Youth in the EJ Movement
February 6, 2025
Doris T. Davis, Assistant Director. Concerned Citizens of Tillery The Concerned Citizens of Tillery (CCT), a non-profit social change organization celebrating 45 years of positive social change is one of the…
On Countering Violence
January 30, 2025
Araceli Argueta, Organizing and Advocacy Director for AFSC’s New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program. It has been less than two weeks, and Trump’s Executive Orders have had rippling effects across North…
On The Fight for Indigenous Cultural Preservation + Protecting The Great Trading Path
January 23, 2025
Beverly Payne, Tribal Council Member of the Occaneechi community, walks along the historic Trading Path in Hawfields Cemetery in Mebane, North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Roderico Y. Díaz, Iximché Media.
On the Merchants of Death Tribunal
January 16, 2025
Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Policy and Organizing, gave these concluding remarks given at the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal press conference on January 15, 2025. (Watch) The Final Report of this Tribunal begins by…
On Finding Hope In 2025
January 10, 2025
Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson, NCEJN Director of Infrastructure and Development A new year can start at any time. Across our planet, worldwide celebrations ushered in 2025 on January 1st. …
On Bridging Environmental Justice and Farmworker Realities
December 12, 2024
Yesenia Cuello, Executive Director, NC FIELD, Inc For thousands of people employed in the multi-billion dollar industry of agribusiness across North Carolina, the phrase “environmental justice” often feels like a…
On Health Research as a Tool for Environmental Justice
December 5, 2024
Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) McClure, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology at UNC Last week I talked with someone working in one of the many care hubs that community organizations and mutual…
Species Extinction & The Environmental Justice Movement
November 21, 2024
Luma Kennedy, NCEJN Communications Manager Species extinction is a serious issue that is already impacting every aspect of our lives. The data is staggering. Industry, industrial agriculture, unchecked development, mining,…
In Remembrance of The People’s Professor
November 7, 2024
First we hear from Mama Naeema Muhammad: “First and foremost, we always called him the “People’s Professor”—a term of endearment from the community. We loved Steve for his humility; when he…
On A Day in West Badin with the Environmental Justice Advisory Council
October 31, 2024
Aleena Oakley, NCEJN Hi! My name is Aleena Oakley; I’m a lifelong NC resident with roots in the Charlotte area, and I have been working with NCEJN and the Concerned…
The 25th NCEJN Summit, and how the experience relates to my work
October 24, 2024
Anita Cunningham, Executive Director, NC Climate Solutions Coalition, Director, NC Disaster Response and Resilience Network First, let me say the NC Environmental Justice Summit had everything I needed to nurture my body, mind…
NCEJN’s Resource Readiness Workshop Series
October 10, 2024
Ashley Daniels, NCEJN Team Member In September 2024, NCEJN introduced a new offering: Resource Readiness Workshops for grassroots EJ leaders in the state. The ten participating organizations were concentrated in…
PFAS pollution and other EJ issues at the Sampson County Landfill
October 3, 2024
Denise Robinson, Deputy Director of Environmental Justice Community Action Network (EJCAN) On August 30, on behalf of EJCAN (the Environmental Justice Community Action Network) the Southern Environmental Law Center filed…
Why NCEJN?
September 26, 2024
yh Patt, J.D., Ph.D, long time activist in social & environmental justice This year, I trained with the Anne Braden Program (ABP), which is an anti-racist training for white people.…
On Political Education
September 19, 2024
Dr. Kim. E. Koo, Rocky Mount Racial Justice Group On September 1st, a strategic meeting was held by a coalition of organizations (El Futuro es Nuestro, NCEJN, USSW and FAN)…
Joining The NCEJN Research & Education Team This Summer
September 12, 2024
Colleen Dongarra, NCEJN Intern 2024 I view spiderwebs differently now. They used to be a nuisance – something I stumbled into during an early morning hike. I would feel a…
Using Collective Power to Unveil & Fight Injustice
September 5, 2024
Chelsea Lundquist-Wentz, NCSU’s Campus Community Alliance for Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) Founding Member In December 2023, as Poe Hall’s closure sent classes online and ousted faculty and graduate students from their…
Having a Seat at The Table- The True Meaning of a Power Lunch
August 29, 2024
Beverly A. Scarlett, Co-Founder & Director of Education, Indigenous Memories Few people are willing and less can express gratitude for togetherness. Something so simple can be challenging, but not for…
Just One View from “The Trenches”
August 22, 2024
Don Cavellini, Co-Chair, Pitt Co. Coalition Against Racism (CAR) We have experienced a greater willingness among progressive activists to collaborate with like-minded colleagues. This seems to be true for individuals…
What We Consider Environmental Injustice & What We Set Aside
August 15, 2024
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18th Annual Protecting Mother Earth Conference
August 8, 2024
Dr. Dani Lin Hunter, NCEJN Research & Education Manager Hi everyone! This past week I had the opportunity to visit the beautiful mountains of Cherokee, North Carolina, to attend the…
The Ongoing Injustices Faced by Farm Workers in North Carolina
August 1, 2024
Leticia Zavala, Co-Coordinator, El Futuro Es Nuestro On July 7th, I got a call from a worker saying, “Lety another worker passed away from heat, I don’t know who or where…
The White House Summit on Environmental Justice in Action
July 25, 2024
Dr. Chris Hawn, NCEJN Co-director of Research & Education This week I joined government officials, advocates, and EJ leaders from across the country to mark the one year anniversary of…
The Significance of July 20, 2024?
July 19, 2024
Dr. Valerie Anne Johnson, Co-Director of Infrastructure and Development Do you know what is significant about tomorrow, July 20, 2024? Those familiar with Octavia Butler and her incredibly visionary novel – Parable of…
Our Second Quarterly Meeting at Robeson County Hosted by The Lumbee Riverkeeper and The Winyah Rivers Alliance
June 20, 2024
Luma Kennedy – NCJN Communications Manager Robeson County, which is both the largest county in North Carolina, and has the largest indigenous population and a significant Black community, is also…