In 2018, two Oregon grassroots environmental and racial justice organizations, Beyond Toxics and the NAACP Eugene-Springfield, launched an effort to create an environmental justice pathway for Oregon. We have strived to bring together leaders and representatives from frontline communities, scholars, students, policymakers, institutions, and NGOs to hold critical conversations around Oregon’s leadership on policies and investments capable of addressing environmental justice concerns across our state.
Below are a few ways we hope to create pathways toward Environmental Justice.