FRONTLINES
AT THE FRONT
WHO IS CLEAN AIR
FOR THE LONG HAUL?
From the Northwest to the Deep South, from rural towns to our cities, communities across the United States are fighting for their right to breathe clean air and live healthy lives.
Clean Air for the Long Haul is a united front of frontline activists, organizers, and advocates who have spent years demanding – and winning – federal action to curb toxic air pollution from power plants, cars, and trucks.
This cohort launched the ‘Dare to Breathe’ campaign, which uses the power of facts and our stories to push for what’s right by holding our leaders and industry accountable. We are demanding that the EPA stay true to their mission and responsibilities to protect public health and the environment. We are here to stand up for the protections our families, friends, neighbors, and towns deserve. It’s time to demand that our government serve the needs of the people and stop rolling back life-saving regulations, and slashing environmental justice programs. The stakes couldn’t be higher – millions are at risk: We won’t stand for gutting clean air protections or putting corporate profits over people’s lives.
This is about justice.
This is about fairness.
This is about thriving,
not just surviving.
We’re here for our communities.
We’re here for the long haul, and we’re here to win.
OUR PRINCIPLES
CLEAN AIR TO THRIVE, NOT JUST TO SURVIVE
Clean air isn’t a privilege, it’s a human right. Our friends, families, and neighbors live with illnesses or die prematurely caused by or made worse by dirty air. Generations are sacrificed for the profits of polluters: and to that we say, no more. Real justice demands that communities overburdened by pollution have the freedom and chance to live full lives in health and safety.
FRONTLINES TO THE FRONT
Our communities are centers of knowledge, stories, and solutions. But, far too many of our frontline and fenceline communities have their bodies damaged or their lives cut short from pollution. Those on the frontlines must be first in line to benefit from policies and resources that cut pollution. Protecting our health will unlock more well-being and opportunity for our country, and the world.
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
The silent killer of toxic air is worse than most people think. Black, Brown, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities breathe the most polluted air in the U.S. Our work highlights the ways that air quality is experienced unequally, educating to spark awareness and action. Together, we demand fair, swift, comprehensive protections at the Environmental Protection Agency to achieve clean air and justice for everyone.
CLEAN AIR TO THRIVE, NOT JUST TO SURVIVE
OUR COHORT
ACE
Our mission is to ensure that everyone is environmentally literate, capable of promoting and living out a sustainable lifestyle regardless of race, income and zip code. The Green Door Initiative is facilitating the revitalization, rebuilding, and restoring of neighborhoods, particularly in low-income, people of color and underserved areas.
Duwamish river community coalition
Beyond monitoring the cleanup of Seattle’s Duwamish River, we are guided by the voice of our community which is negatively affected by the environmental, social, and economic impacts of pollution and climate change.
Green Door Initiative
Our mission is to ensure that everyone is environmentally literate, capable of promoting and living out a sustainable lifestyle regardless of race, income and zip code. The Green Door Initiative is facilitating the revitalization, rebuilding, and restoring of neighborhoods, particularly in low-income, people of color and underserved areas.
new jersey environmental justice alliance
We are an alliance of New Jersey organizations & individuals committed to creating healthy, sustainable & just communities by eliminating environmental injustices in low income & communities of color.
SOUTH BRONX UNITE
South Bronx Unite brings together neighborhood residents, community organizations, academic institutions, and allies to improve and protect the social, environmental, and economic future of Mott Haven and Port Morris.
T.E.J.A.S.
Our goal is to promote environmental protection through education, policy development, community awareness, and legal action. Our guiding principle is that everyone, regardless of race or income, is entitled to live in a clean environment.
We act
WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and/or low income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices.
WERA
WERA is a non-profit organization based out of Mebane, North Carolina that is dedicated to getting local People of Color Communities the basic amenities which they deserve. This website serves as a digital archive of WERA’s nearly thirty years of history.
WISCONSIN GREEN MUSLIMS
We are an alliance of New Jersey organizations & individuals committed to creating healthy, sustainable & just communities by eliminating environmental injustices in low income & communities of color.
MICHIGAN GREEN MUSLIMS
A volunteer statewide grassroots environmental justice group connecting faith, environmental justice, sustainability, and healing through education and service.