Our Mission
Environmental & Social Justice Associates bring deep professional experience in law, science, health care, social justice, communications assistance, gender and sexual equity, and community organizing skills to individuals, families, organizations, indigenous, diverse and other communities experiencing environmental and social justice challenges. We strive to achieve sustainable and just solutions, nationally and internationally. We have more than 65 years combined professional scientific investigation, community organizing, health care, policy development, scientific study and legal practice on the ground, in frontline communities, within both public and private sectors. This expertise includes working with federal, state and local government; private law firms; non profit organizations; academic and medial institutions; legislatures; and in the courts to achieve environmental, social, sexual and gender justice.
How We Work
We bring unique professional expertise meaningfully to bear on complex environmental social justice issues. We directly assist individuals, communities and their advocates, facing threats from heavy industry, mining, oil and gas development, pipelines, factory farms, hydroelectric dams, water pollution/privatization, threats to native lands and sacred sites, coastal development, golf courses, large-scale development, and similar challenges – often involving local, state and federal governmental approvals or incentives. Consistent with our mission, we provide these services at significantly reduced costs to those seeking our expert, effective and equitable assistance.
Environmental & Social Justice Associates is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
What We Do
- Environmental and social justice community solutions
- Gender and sexual justice community solutions
- Community organizing direct assistance and strategies
- Communication programs for client communities
- Environmental investigation (including environmental/toxics impact assessment; water quality/drinking water quality assessment; groundwater and surface water quality assessment; hydrologic/hydrogeological studies; contamination and resource degradation remediation planning/implementation; wetland delineation/restoration; and air quality assessments)
- Risk communication and governmental agency liaison
- Women and children’s health equity assessments and research Community land use planning and zoning
- Community driven environmental pollution monitoring and reporting Policy development and implementation
- Environmental regulatory analyses and corresponding governmental engagement Community-driven research design, planning and implementation Legal aid and advocacy assistance
- Environmental and land use litigation case development and consulting Legislative and regulatory rule-making consulting
- Applied community research
- Administrative and local governmental agency engagement