Northcoast Environmental Justice Coalition Town Hall

Northcoast Environmental Justice Coalition (NEJC) is a group of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, organizations and Allies who care making a difference to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the environmental movement in our rural location.

Our Guiding Purpose:

Pathways of Purpose (POP) seeks to empower youth and the community to dream big for their lives and the world by providing asset-based, STEAM educational and vocational programs. POP will address the growing risks of climate change, social and economic inequities with movement building towards sustainable systems. Our programs foster equity, opportunity, accessibility, safety, and sovereignty for underserved communities. Our Linktree https://linktr.ee/pathwaysofpurpose

About POP:

We are a BIPOC and Women founded nonprofit, providing STEAM educational and vocational pathways in Humboldt County. Our work centers land and food sovereignty, economic, social, and environmental justice for historically underserved peoples. We support communities of color, women, LGBTQIA2S+, people with disabilities, and other underserved communities. Our storytelling work helps historically underserved frontline communities advocate, protect, and lead the way forward to address the issues we face due to climate change.

The Event:

This town hall would include showing of a short docuseries, created by our Co-Founder Aerin Monroe, called Sowing Seeds: Racial Justice and the Environmental Movement. It was developed in partnership with Save California Salmon.

See the work here: https://www.pathwaysofpurpose.org/media-work

Aerin won a Climate Justice award from Tavis Smiley’s production company KBLA Talk 1580. https://kbla1580.com/black-history-month-honorees/

The purpose of his docuseries work is to amplify the voices of Black, Indigenous, Communities of Color and their fight for environmental justice in California. Historically, we are underutilized and underfunded, but our guidance around protecting the planet is critical in both conversation and action.

Host or Publisher Pathways of Purpose