Our Mission
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The Problem
Our history of extraction and ecological destruction has produced areas of profound environmental pollution in low-income communities of color
These communities live on the boundaries of toxic waste disposal sites, hot spots of contaminated water, soil, and air pollution, and active or abandoned industrial facilities
Further, the youth experience educational inequities denying them the resources and skills to thrive in America’s economy
The Solution
Frontline youth of color carry the legitimacy of lived experience to shine the spotlight on climate impacts
We must provide the opportunity and resources for them to lead a transformative environmental justice movement
Their transformation of community will be profound, systemic, and conducted within a racial equity framework anchored by socio-economic justice
Using an ethnic studies community-responsive framework, we center youth leadership development in transformative climate justice and collective power
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