North Carolina Environmental Justice Network

The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN or “The Network”) is a leading, member-based 501(c)3 organization with a mission to promote health and environmental equality for all people of North Carolina through community action for clean industry, safe workplaces and fair access to all human and natural resources.

All individuals and groups of people should live in a safe and healthy environment. However, because of their race, ethnicity, and income, many North Carolinians have been subjected to living in unsafe environments. Environmental injustices exist because many businesses, government agencies, and other organizations in positions of power have discriminatory practices and policies. As a BIPOC-led organization with deep roots among the state’s earliest, people-of-color-led movements, NCEJN seeks to enable and empower more livable communities through organizing, advocacy, research, and education based on principles of economic equity and democracy for all people.