Advancing Equity & Opportunity Collaborative (AEO) is a coalition of groups in the South working to identify and address the opportunities and threats associated with energy extraction, production and use in the region, and the related impacts on Black communities, communities of color and low-wealth communities.

We envision an Appalachia with healthy ecosystems and resilient local economies that allow communities to thrive.

We are dedicated to fostering and nurturing a vibrant community of women of color who share a passion for cycling. Our primary focus lies in promoting the joy of cycling, particularly among women and girls of color.

Blue Sky Fund is a youth development non-profit that provides transformational experiences for Richmond area youth through outdoor education.

Protecting our African American community from environmental racism.

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice helps build healthy communities nationwide. Since its founding in 1981, CHEJ has grown into the nation’s leading resource for grassroots environmental activism, a ground-breaking, progressive organization with a vision for clean, green neighborhoods built from hard-won experience fighting for environmental justice.

To build the health and wealth of communities of color, low-income communities, and communities overburdened by pollution in Virginia by reducing the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards through educating, empowering, and mobilizing grassroots organizations and individuals to speak for themselves and through building an alliance to advocate for equitable policies and practices.