EJI Mission Statement

The Environmental Justice Initiative aims to center the voices and advocacy of marginalized groups that are disproportionately harmed by climate change and environmental degradation. They are disproportionately left out of and consequently harmed by mainstream environmental justice movements. We center race, class, gender, disability, nationality, and sexuality and recognize the intersections of these identities.

We additionally utilize a PROP (Power, Racism, Oppression, and Privilege) lens to critically think about environmental justice. For example, the concept of untouched wilderness is rooted in colonialism and white supremacy, the overpopulation myth is classist and racist, and food scarcity is a capitalist construct. These ideas form the basis of our anti-oppressive social work that will be integrated into micro, mezzo, and macro practice.

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