Community Environmental Justice Advocacy Unit
Advancing environmental justice through community advocacy and organizing that protects neighborhoods from environmental harm.
Unit Mission
The Community Environmental Justice Advocacy Unit advances environmental justice — conducting community organizing, advocacy, and legal support to protect neighborhoods from environmental harm and ensure that all communities have equal access to a clean, healthy environment. The unit applies environmental justice, community organizing, and legal advocacy to develop the grassroots approaches that empower communities to challenge environmental injustice and demand the environmental protections they deserve.
Key Functions
Environmental Organizing
Organizing communities for environmental justice — building the community power needed to challenge environmental injustice, demand accountability from polluters, and advocate for the environmental protections that protect community health.
Environmental Advocacy
Conducting environmental advocacy — engaging regulatory agencies, elected officials, and courts to advance environmental protections for communities facing disproportionate environmental burdens.
Community Empowerment
Empowering communities with environmental knowledge — providing communities with the environmental monitoring data, technical expertise, and advocacy tools needed to effectively challenge environmental injustice.
Operational Capabilities
Community Empowerment, Youth Development & Civil Resilience
Join This Unit
Pacific 7.0 International recruits youth workers, community organizers, social workers, civil resilience specialists, and humanitarian professionals committed to empowering communities and building resilient societies.