The Intersectional Environmentalist Database
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18 Million Rising
When 18 Million Rising (18MR) launched in 2012, Asian Americans were yearning for a progressive political home. 18MR educates, organizes, and mobilizes Asian Americans to the movement which is key to building a more just world.
Arizona Center for Empowerment (ACE)
ACE is a 501 (c)3 member-led social justice organization that develops and mobilizes undocumented working youth and adults, students, and LGBTQ individuals to strategically take ownership and responsibility to advance economic, social, and racial justice. By building power through leadership development, Citizenship, civic engagement, advocacy and education, we are creating a more inclusive and just standard of equality in the state of Arizona. Income equality, protection of public education, immigrant rights, and health care are just a few of ACE’s priorities in creating a better Arizona for all.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
We work to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans and build an equitable society for all.
Bay Rising
To organize and empower residents of the Bay Area's low-income communities of color to fight for environmental justice and climate resilience.
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
CAAAV’s purpose is to develop the leadership of working class Asian immigrants to make a significant intervention in the gentrification of NYC by building neighborhood power in Chinatown and Astoria. Chinatown and Astoria are neighborhoods where Asian immigrants are the one of the driving forces of the working class, and could potentially shift the long-term political landscape of the city.
Casa Familiar
The mission of Casa Familiar is to enhance quality of life for people living in underserved and underrepresented communities.
CATA - The Farmworker Support Committee
The Mission of CATA is to empower farmworkers and immigrant workers to fight for their rights so they can live a full life. We work together to achieve safe working and living conditions, fair wages, and to be treated with respect and dignity.
Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE)
DARE’s mission is to organize low-income families living in communities of color for social, economic, and political justice.
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition (DRCC)
Elevate the voice of those impacted by the Duwamish River pollution and other environmental injustices for a clean, healthy, equitable environment for people and wildlife . We promote place-keeping and prioritize community capacity and resilience.
Faith in the Valley
Our mission is to unlock the power of people to put faith into action in the public square, and to advance a movement for racial justice and health equity. We seek to build relational power, lift up a new narrative about the lives of people of color, and drive civic engagement efforts that move our community priorities forward. The following are our core campaigns.
Family Action Network Movement
FANM’s MISSION is to empower low to moderate income families socially, financially, and politically and to give them the tools to transform their communities. FANM's VISION is to be a leader in creating a sustainable village where thriving families can raise well-rounded children in peace and harmony.
Little Manila Rising
Little Manila Rising (LMR) serves the South Stockton community, developing equitable solutions to the effects of historical marginalization, institutionalized racism, and harmful public policy.
Matahari Women Workers’ Center
Matahari is a grassroots organization working to end the exploitation of women and femme workers. We have grown into the largest non-union community organization representing women workers in the domestic and service industries in Massachusetts.
Movimiento Poder
Movimiento Poder is led by working-class Latine immigrants, queer folks, youth, women and families. We build collective power through community organizing, leadership development and civic engagement.
People Linking Art, Community & Ecology (PLACE)
PLACE is a community hub that nurtures physical gathering space for the community. This hub allows people to see regenerative solutions in practice and gain access to the knowledge and resources to empower them to take action in their own lives, neighborhoods, towns, cities, and bio-regions.
People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER) SF
PODER’s mission is to organize with Latinx immigrant families and youth to put into practice people-powered solutions that are locally based, community led and environmentally just. We nurture everyday people’s leadership, regenerate culture, and build community power.
Poder in Action
We build power to disrupt and dismantle systems of oppression and determine a liberated future as people of color in Arizona.
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
We build power with our community through strategic organizing and policy advocacy to build a strong and fair Nevada that puts people and planet first.
Resilience Force
Resilience Force is a voice for the emerging workforce that helps us come home after climate disasters: the Resilience Workforce.
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE) builds grassroots power to create social and economic justice for low-income, female, immigrant, black, and brown communities in Los Angeles.
IE Amplified Orgs
The IE Amplifier Program is a media capacity-building initiative that aims to amplify the efforts of participating organizations across IE’s media ecosystem. Through the IE Amplifier Program, Intersectional Environmentalist designs engaging social media assets, toolkits, videos, and other resources for participating organizations with the goal of connecting people with organizations leading intersectional approaches to environmentalism in their own communities.
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