National Environmental Justice Organization Landscape

What they do: Community-based organization fighting for healthy communities by ensuring people of color and low-income residents participate meaningfully in environmental policy. Over 1,100 members. Selected by EPA as Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center for Region 2.

Why they matter: One of the most recognized EJ voices nationally. Pioneered community-driven air quality monitoring, led landmark campaigns on bus depots, sewage treatment, and diesel emissions in Northern Manhattan. Their policy agenda spans 14+ issue areas from energy justice to workforce development.

Key programs:

• Environmental Health & Justice Leadership Training (EHJLT) -- annual community training program
• Environmental Justice Center in Harlem -- $7.3M renovation for STEAM education, citizen science, workforce development
• Community-based air quality monitoring and participatory research
• Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EPA Region 2)
• Community advocacy tools (with Columbia Sabin Center for Climate Change Law)

Resources: 68+ publications and resources covering emergency preparedness, Climate Ready Uptown Plan, healthy communities, climate justice.

What they do: Combines scholarship and action to dismantle systemic inequality and structural racism causing disproportionate harm in Black and communities of color. Founded by Dr. Robert Bullard, widely known as the "father of environmental justice."

Why they matter: Dr. Bullard's 1990 book "Dumping in Dixie" launched the academic field. The Center received $50M from EPA as National EJ Thriving Communities Grantmaker for Region 6, distributing $40M in grants over three years. Leads the HBCU EJ Climate Corps.

Key programs:

• HBCU Environmental Justice Climate Corps (EJCC) -- GIS training for students from 11+ HBCU campuses
• $50M EPA Thriving Communities National Grantmaker (Region 6, with ACTS)
• Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference (11th conference March 2026, with DSCEJ)
• LNG Cumulative Impacts research reports

What they do: Improves lives of community members harmed by pollution and vulnerable to climate change through research, policy, community engagement, and health/safety training for environmental careers.

Why they matter: Pioneered the "Communiversity Model" for community-university partnerships. Maintains 88-90% job placement rate in workforce programs. Co-convenes the annual HBCU Climate Change Conference. Leads Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center.

Key programs:

• Workforce Development Program (WDP) -- 6-week training in hazardous materials, construction, disaster response, energy efficiency. $100/week stipend.
• "Measuring What Matters" -- community air monitoring with high school students across 5 Gulf Coast states
• Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) -- Justice40-connected capacity building
• HBCU Climate Change Conference (annual, with Bullard Center)
• Communiversity Model for community-university partnerships

What they do: Ensures communities and policymakers have tools and information for just, sustainable energy and environmental policy. Founded by researchers, educators, and community activists.

Why they matter: Produces some of the most accessible EJ educational materials in the field -- facilitation guides, infographics, zines, coloring books, graphic stories, and cookbooks. Co-founded the Midwest Environmental Justice Network (MWEJN). Leads Justice40 community training.

Key programs:

• Educational curriculum series: Pollution, Energy, Climate, Nature, Environmental Intersectionality
• Platform for a Just Climate -- national coalition for frontline community power
• Justice40 community training (with MWEJN and Elevate)
• Midwest Environmental Justice Network (co-founder)
• Popular education in grassroots communities for policy engagement

What they do: Brings communities to the table to advocate for more protective EJ laws and challenges siting/permitting decisions that increase pollution in overburdened communities. Uses law as a tool for justice.

Why they matter: The nation's largest nonprofit environmental law firm. Uses NEPA, Title VI of Civil Rights Act, and other legal tools to challenge environmental racism in court. Supports tribal sovereignty and indigenous land stewardship.

Key programs:

• Community Partnerships Program
• Tribal Partnerships Program
• Toxic Exposure & Health Program
• Title VI civil rights challenges to discriminatory siting
• Community benefits agreement advocacy

What they do: Pursues integrated approach to environmental inequality, racial injustice, and socioeconomic insecurity through partnerships with frontline groups.

Why they matter: Major national environmental organization that has built dedicated EJ infrastructure. Centers community voices and leadership in advocacy. Provides legal, policy, and scientific assistance to frontline partners.

Key work areas:

• Litigation in collaboration with communities to hold polluters accountable
• Capacity building and community power-building with frontline partners
• Community-centered policy advocacy

What they do: Environmental and social justice work promoting racial and economic justice for low-income and overburdened communities. Board-level recognition that environmental protection requires social justice.

Why they matter: As the oldest major environmental organization, Sierra Club's EJ commitment signals mainstream environmental movement evolution. Their "Equity Journey" initiative represents institutional reckoning with exclusionary history. Adopted the Jemez Principles.

Key programs:

• Environmental Justice Resources library (air pollution, mercury, water, indigenous health)
• Regional EJ Action Groups (Michigan -- Detroit/Flint water justice)
• Environmental Law Program with EJ internships
• Equity Journey -- institutional transformation initiative

What they do: Mobilizes lawyers as agents for change. Environmental Justice Project files complaints on behalf of communities bearing disproportionate pollution burdens. Views EJ as integral to civil rights.

Why they matter: Bridges civil rights law and environmental justice. Files DOJ complaints challenging disproportionate waste siting. Local committees in 8 cities including Boston -- directly relevant to Massachusetts.

Key work:

• Environmental Justice Project -- DOJ complaints on discriminatory siting
• Pro bono legal resources for EJ communities
• Five-program strategic plan includes EJ alongside voting rights, housing, education, employment
• Boston local committee (Lawyers for Civil Rights) -- advocates for EJ protections in Brockton, MA

What they do: Nonprofit collaborative of EJ and environmental health experts working to reform chemical and energy industries. Coordinates hundreds of organizations including grassroots activists, scientists, business leaders, and lawyers.

Why they matter: The chemical safety and cumulative impacts nexus is critical for MA industrial communities. The Community Guide to Cumulative Impacts (2024, with Union of Concerned Scientists) is directly applicable to state EJ policy.

Key resources:

• Community Guide to Cumulative Impacts (October 2024, with UCS) -- state/local policy tool
• Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals -- community-driven chemical safety platform
• Zero Emissions Whole Communities initiative
• 20+ years of strategic partnership with Environmental Justice Health Alliance (EJHA)

What they do: Grassroots environmental crisis center providing information, resources, technical assistance, and training to community groups nationwide. Has assisted over 15,000 grassroots groups since 1981.

Why they matter: Lois Gibbs' Love Canal activism (20,000 tons of hazardous waste) is a founding story of the EJ movement. CHEJ bridges the gap between technical environmental science and grassroots community capacity. Their school siting work is directly relevant to state agencies.

Key resources:

• Safe School Siting Toolkit (2009) -- sample policies, resolutions, organizing tips
• Childproofing Our Schools campaign and toolkit
• Fact Packs on environmental hazards
• Everyone's Backyard newsletter
• Superfund community resources and legacy documentation

What they do: Alliance of Indigenous Peoples protecting the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by respecting and adhering to Indigenous knowledge and natural law.

Why they matter: Centers Indigenous knowledge and sovereignty in EJ. Led resistance to Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipeline, and mining on Indigenous lands. Their Just Transition framework includes food sovereignty, renewable microgrids, seed rematriation, and cultural revitalization.

Key programs:

• Keep It in the Ground (KIITG) Mining Program -- confronting fast-tracked mining permits
• Indigenous Just Transition (IJT) -- food sovereignty, microgrids, traditional farming, language revitalization
• Ring of Fire (RoF) Climate Justice cohort training for tribal leaders
• Informational clearinghouse and campaign organizing

What they do: Builds power of Asian immigrant and refugee communities on the frontlines of fighting big polluters. Over three decades of environmental justice organizing in California.

Why they matter: Demonstrates EJ through an immigrant and refugee lens -- essential for MA's diverse Asian communities. Integrates housing justice (rent control, land trusts) with environmental justice. Led 180-organization coalition for CA climate bond (passed with 60% in 2024).

Key programs:

• Power to the Frontlines -- community-governed clean energy in frontline neighborhoods
• Asian Youth Advocates (AYA) youth leadership program
• Intergenerational Leadership program for young women
• Housing and tenant rights organizing (rent control, land trusts)

What they do: Convenes active community of environmental, conservation, and climate justice leaders rooted in Latino culture, united to secure political, economic, cultural, and environmental liberation.

Why they matter: The Latino Climate Justice Framework (2025-2028 update) is a uniquely comprehensive document addressing climate through a cultural lens. Three work pillars -- convener, capacity builder, advocacy coordinator. Directly relevant to MA's growing Latino communities.

Key programs:

• Latino Climate Justice Framework (LCJF) 2025-2028 -- comprehensive climate/EJ framework
• 2025-2028 Strategic Plan for expanding Latino environmental power
• Sustainable Cities Urban Greening Initiative ($2.65M in grants, Bezos Earth Fund)
• Justicia y Equidad Fund and Frontline Accelerator Program
• State EJ Leadership initiative -- advancing state-level EJ policy

What they do: Connects Hip Hop community to civic process to build power and create positive change. Uses cultural organizing, media, and policy advocacy for climate and EJ.

Why they matter: Uniquely effective at reaching young people of color through cultural touchpoints. Demonstrates that EJ organizing must meet communities where they are culturally. Produced HOME (Heal Our Mother Earth) climate album -- moved 60,000+ to action.

Key programs:

• Think 100% -- award-winning climate justice podcast
• Rhythm & Bloom -- climate/EJ conversations series
• HOME (Heal Our Mother Earth) -- first climate album
• Community Builders of Color Coalition

What they do: LCV's community organizing program engaging, elevating, and building power of Latino and low-income communities of color in the fight against climate change. "Chispa" means "spark" in Spanish.

Why they matter: Bridges mainstream conservation (LCV) with Latino grassroots organizing. Bilingual Clean Energy Hub with cost-saving resources. Active in AZ, NM, CO, NV, CT -- Connecticut chapter directly relevant to New England/MA.

Key programs:

• Clean Energy Hub -- bilingual cost-saving resources, videos
• State chapters: AZ, NM, CO, NV, CT, MD, TX
• Grassroots organizing around local climate and EJ issues
• Chispa Connecticut -- New England presence

What they do: The Black Hive is M4BL's climate and environmental justice arm -- a cohort of Black CEJ experts assessing climate and ecological destruction impacts on Black communities in the US and Global Black Diaspora.

Why they matter: The Red, Black, and Green New Deal (2021) is a Black-centered blueprint for sustainable, renewable future. The Black Climate Mandate (2022) has 9 demand sections. Represents 200+ organizations of Black climate/EJ leaders nationally.

Key resources:

• Red, Black, and Green New Deal -- Black-centered climate justice legislative blueprint
• Black Climate Mandate (2022) -- 9-section demands document
• The Black Hive expert cohort
• Environmental platform within broader M4BL policy platform

What they do: The first environmental justice degree program at any US university, offering undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees. Created through the efforts of Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai.

Why they matter: The 1990 Michigan Conference on Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards (organized by Bryant and Mohai) was credited by EPA as one of two events bringing EJ to the agency's attention. Bryant and Mohai co-published "Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards" -- one of the first major EJ scholarly books. Bunyan Bryant passed in 2024.

Key publications & resources:

• "Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards" (1990, Mohai & Bryant)
• "Black Environmentalism" (Mohai, 1990) -- first national survey challenging myth that Black Americans don't care about environment
• "Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty, 1987-2007" (Mohai & Bullard) -- landmark 20-year followup
• History of Environmental Justice timeline

What they do: Produces open-access climate justice educational resources designed for integration across disciplines. Includes the Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit with 12 adaptable teaching modules.

Why they matter for MA training: Located in Massachusetts. The Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit is completely open-access -- starter guide, student resources, data sets, and 12 teaching modules. Directly usable for state staff training curriculum development. As of June 2025, climate justice work continued under Chris Rabe after ESI restructuring.

Key resources:

• Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit -- open access, 12 modules, data sets, starter guide
• Online course: Environmental Justice, Science and Technology (MITx)
• Spring 2025 course: Science, Technology, and Environmental Justice (Dept of Urban Studies & Planning)
• Satellite Data for Environmental Justice research (Media Lab)
• Environmental Justice Law and Policy resources (MIT Climate Portal)

What they do: Develops tools, networks, and interdisciplinary research to empower frontline communities. Joint undertaking between Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School, with Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.

Why they matter: Produces directly applicable toolkits. The Land Justice & Land Trusts Toolkit can inform MA land use policy. Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate Program provides a model for state workforce training.

Key resources:

• Land Justice & Land Trusts Toolkit (with Aspetuck Land Trust and CBEY)
• Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate Program
• New Haven PERL -- digital research library on people and environment
• Indigenous Programs
• EJ @ Yale course offerings
• Resource guides collection

What they do: Research institute bringing together scholars, community advocates, and policymakers to identify and eliminate barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society. Led by john a. powell, a leading thinker on structural racism.

Why they matter: john a. powell's "othering and belonging" framework provides the conceptual language for understanding how EJ communities experience exclusion. The bridging methodology offers practical tools for state agencies working across racial divides. Global Justice Program researches just transitions.

Key resources:

• Curriculum modules on othering, breaking, bridging, and belonging
• "The Power of Bridging" -- book with readers discussion guide, reflection questions
• Global Justice Program -- just transition white papers
• john a. powell's keynotes and publications on mechanisms of othering

What they do: Integrates bold design, policy, and social justice approaches to environmental issues. Operates according to the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. Produces high-impact research reports.

Why they matter: Their waste incinerator reports cover Massachusetts specifically -- 81% of US trash incinerators are in EJ communities. The Just Returns Project with Climate Justice Alliance documents grassroots climate action impact and scale. Carbon management research published in peer-reviewed journals.

Key resources:

• State-specific waste incinerator reports (including Massachusetts) -- directly relevant
• Climate Justice Futures: Carbon Management Risks and Alternatives (peer-reviewed)
• Just Returns Project (with CJA and National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy)
• Grassroots climate action mixed-methods study

What they do: Advances EJ through community-university partnerships using community-based participatory research (CBPR), citizen science, and the Science Inpowerment Model. Focuses on equitable planning, healthy zoning, sustainable community development.

Why they matter: Created MD EJ SCREEN -- a state-level EJ screening tool model. Runs the Mid-Atlantic EJ Academy (EPA-funded). Developed an EJ Agency Scorecard that assesses state agency EJ integration -- directly applicable to MA OEJE assessment work.

Key resources:

• MD EJ SCREEN Tool -- state-level EJ screening model (EPA-funded expansion)
• EJ Agency Scorecard -- assesses state agency EJ integration
• Mid-Atlantic EJ Academy (EPA-funded)
• Community-based air quality monitoring training series
• MOST Center -- online EJ education/training platform

What they do: Tracks federal regulations, policies, and actions affecting EJ communities. Produces legal research on how agencies can drive equitable outcomes. Collaborates with EJ and Tribal organizations.

Why they matter for MA: Located in Massachusetts. The Federal Environmental Justice Tracker is the most comprehensive tracker of federal EJ policy actions -- essential reference for state staff understanding federal landscape. Tracks rollbacks, new rules, and agency-specific updates in real time.

Key resources:

• Federal Environmental Justice Tracker -- comprehensive, continuously updated
• EJ Tracker Update reports
• Legal pathways research for equitable regulation
• Links to trackers from other institutions

What they do: EJ Commons bridges Georgetown's ethics work with environmental justice. The Center for Social Justice launched Climate and Environmental Justice (CEJ) initiatives in 2025. Earth Commons integrates ecology and environmental policy.

What they do: Climate School-based initiative creating interdisciplinary meeting space for EJ research, education, and public service. Sabin Center partners with WE ACT on community advocacy tools.

Key resources:

• Community Exposures and Health Training (annual, 2-day livestream)
• Sabin Center community advocacy tools (with WE ACT)

What it is: Federal commitment that 40% of overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean energy, and other investments flow to disadvantaged communities. Covered programs span multiple agencies.

Why it matters for MA training: State agencies need to understand Justice40 to access and leverage federal funding. The Community Benefits Agreement model and Community Needs Assessment toolkit are directly applicable to state-level implementation.

Key resources:

• Justice40 Covered Programs List (v2.0, November 2023)
• DOE General Guidance for Justice40 Implementation (v1.1)
• Community Needs Assessment Toolkit with facilitator guides
• Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) Toolkit (DOE)
• CEED/MWEJN/Elevate virtual training on federal grant applications
• Justice40 Resources site with state-level IRA/BIL funding tracking

What it is: Nationally consistent screening and mapping tool highlighting places with higher environmental burdens and vulnerable populations. Uses demographic and environmental indicators at census tract level.

Current status: Removed from EPA website February 5, 2025. Restored by Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) coalition at screening-tools.com. Participatory redesign underway through 2026.

Key resources:

• EJScreen User Guide v2.3
• EJScreen Technical Documentation (revised July 2024)
• "EJScreen in 5" -- 5-minute overview video
• Bimonthly "office hours" with EJScreen experts (pre-removal)

What it is: Interactive map using diverse datasets to gauge burdens across 8 categories: climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water/wastewater, workforce development. Used to identify disadvantaged communities for Justice40.

Current status: Removed from White House website January 22, 2025. Restored by PEDP. Version 2.1 launched March 2026 with new feature for identifying high-burden areas.

Key resources:

• CEJST Instructions for Federal Agencies (CEQ)
• How-to Guide (functionality guide)
• Q&A document (Biden administration)
• National Academy of Sciences report: "Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for EJ" (2024)

What it is: Suite of EPA training resources for EJ practitioners within and outside EPA. Includes state-focused webinar series, tribal training, and faith-based community series.

Why it matters for MA: The State EJ Training Webinar Series was specifically designed to build state staff capacity. Topics include identifying overburdened communities, enhancing community involvement, area-wide planning for equitable development, and EJ in environmental impact assessment.

Key programs:

• State EJ Training Webinar Series -- 5 national webinars for state practitioners
• EJ Learning Center -- basics to advanced EJ integration
• EJ Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
• EJ Webinar Series for Houses of Worship and Communities
• EJ IWG Community Spot Light presentation series
• Training on EPA civil rights compliance for grant recipients

What it is: First-of-its-kind online collection of EJ resources directed by Executive Order 14096. Searchable categories including funding opportunities, screening tools, federal research, guides, and organizations with subject-matter expertise. 200+ resources from agencies across the federal government.

What it is: Federal advisory committee providing recommendations to EPA on EJ matters. Composed of community leaders, academics, industry representatives, and government officials.

Why it matters: The August 2024 report on "Reducing Cumulative and Disproportionate Impacts and Burdens in EJ Communities" represents two years of workgroup research on cumulative impacts definition, implementation, and policy process. Title VI workgroup was established in 2024. No meetings currently posted as of 2025.

Key reports:

• Reducing Cumulative and Disproportionate Impacts (August 2024)
• Historical recommendation reports (archived)

What it is: Advisory council providing independent advice to the White House on EJ issues. Created under Executive Order 14008.

Key 2024 reports:

• Executive Order 14096 Implementation Recommendations (October 2024) -- community engagement, inclusive membership, universal EJ definition, EJ Scorecard metrics, cumulative impact assessments, biennial reporting
• Carbon Management Recommendations (October 2024) -- transparency, disclosure, meaningful engagement for disadvantaged communities in carbon management programs
• CEJST Recommendations (December 2023)

What it is: Facilitates involvement of all federal agencies in implementing EO 12898. Works to increase local community capacity for comprehensive EJ solutions. Agencies sign EJ MOU and post environmental justice strategies.

Key resources:

• NEPA EJ Resource Compendium -- intersection of EJ and NEPA across agencies
• Community Spot Light presentation series -- interagency best practices
• Agency EJ strategies and implementation reports
• Framework for Collaboration documents

What it is: Provides funding to community-based organizations for projects addressing local environmental and public health issues through collaborative partnerships. 10 awards per year (one per EPA region), up to $120,000 each for two-year projects.

Why it matters: The CPS Model itself is a valuable framework for state agencies to understand collaborative problem-solving with communities. Case studies provide implementation examples.

Key resources:

• Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model Guide (2008)
• Case studies from successful CPS awards
• 2023 EJCPS project summaries

What it is: Federal research plan produced by the National Science and Technology Council laying out EJ research priorities, data needs, and science agenda across the federal government.

What it is: Department of Interior's EJ training resources for staff -- a model for how a federal agency structures EJ education for its workforce. Directly relevant as a model for MA state agency training.

What they do: Unique alliance of 74 community, frontline, and environmental justice organizations advancing Just Transition solutions by engaging frontline leaders in addressing root causes of climate change.

Why they matter: The "Just Transition" framework is central to EJ policy nationally. CJA's Our Power Plan provides community-driven alternatives. Day of Action Organizing Toolkit is directly usable for community engagement. Black Caucus connects racial justice and climate justice.

Key resources:

• Day of Action Organizing Toolkit
• Our Power Plan
• Policy positions with fact sheets
• Carbon pricing position papers
• Just Transition principles and framework
• 2024 Annual Report
• Black Caucus

What they do: National network of grassroots EJ organizations in communities impacted by toxic chemicals from legacy contamination, polluting facilities, and household products. Supports just transition to safer chemicals.

Why they matter: "Life at the Fenceline" report and interactive maps are powerful tools for understanding cumulative chemical hazards. Reports on chemical incidents inform EPA Risk Management Program rule. Dollar store toxic product reports demonstrate everyday consumer EJ.

Key resources:

• Life at the Fenceline (2018) -- national report, local reports, interactive maps on chemical disasters, health hazards, food insecurity
• Dollar store toxic product reports
• Drinking water violations research
• Foundational documents: Louisville Charter, Jemez Principles, EJ Principles of Working Together

What it is: The 17 Principles adopted at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (October 24-27, 1991, Washington DC). Approximately 1,100 attendees from all 50 states plus international delegates. Sponsored by UCC Commission for Racial Justice.

Why it matters: These principles ARE the foundation of the EJ movement. They redefined "environment" to include where one lives, works, studies, plays, and prays. Led directly to Executive Order 12898 (1994) and EPA's EJ Office. The Summit proceedings document the coalescence of a movement.

Key resources:

• The 17 Principles of Environmental Justice (full text)
• Summit Proceedings (available from UCC Commission for Racial Justice)
• Video highlights from Summit proceedings
• Yale Energy History project archival documentation

What it is: Six core values written in 1996 at a meeting in Jemez, New Mexico hosted by the Southwest Network for Economic and Environmental Justice. Emphasize inclusion and equity in organizing processes.

The 6 Principles: Be Inclusive | Emphasis on Bottom-Up Organizing | Let People Speak for Themselves | Work Together in Solidarity and Mutuality | Build Just Relationships Among Ourselves | Commitment to Self-Transformation

Why they matter: Adopted by major organizations including Sierra Club, Climate Justice Alliance, Tishman Center. Provide the ethical framework for how EJ work should be organized. Created by Jose Bravo (later founded Just Transition Alliance).

What they do: National network of 400+ local, state, and regional governments working to achieve racial equity. Provides tools to integrate racial equity consideration into policies, practices, programs, and budgets.

Why they matter for MA training: GARE's Racial Equity Toolkit is the most widely-used government equity tool in the US. The "Racial Equity: Getting to Results" framework helps jurisdictions develop metrics and community processes. Federal framework guide shows how to organize racial equity within agencies.

Key resources:

• Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity
• Racial Equity: Getting to Results -- metrics and community process guide
• Organizing for Racial Equity Within Federal Agencies resource guide
• Advancing Racial Equity: A Framework for Federal Agencies (2022)

What they do: Provides tailored educational programs, community guidebooks, and legal research on environmental justice. Decades of community leader training in using right-to-know laws and public participation tools.

Key resources:

• Community Education and Training Program -- decades of grassroots capacity building
• Community guidebooks (Working with Lawyers, SLAPPs guide, Environmental Health Assessment)
• Nationally Available Educational and Training Resources database
• Environmental Justice Initiative at ELI
• "2022 in Review: State EJ Laws and Policies" and annual updates

What they do: Coalition that restored public access to CEJST, EJScreen, and FEMA Future Risk Index after federal removal in early 2025. Running participatory redesign workshops throughout 2026.

Why they matter: This is currently the primary access point for federal EJ screening tools. State agencies and training programs need to know this resource exists.

What they do: Shares information about EJ and Title VI policy developments, guidance, and best practices for embedding EJ in day-to-day programmatic work among state environmental agencies.

What it is: Free localized data dashboard and interactive toolkit (US Green Building Council) to identify community needs, assess project impacts, and document team actions.

What it is: Long-running EJ resource website hosting foundational texts including the 17 Principles, Jemez Principles, and environmental justice / environmental racism reference materials.

What it is: Massachusetts' own Environmental Justice Strategy document (February 2024). The foundation document for the OEJE training being developed.