Environmental Community ActionGeorgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN)
Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN) program seeks to bring community liaisons and residents together to discuss issues and agree on Georgia environmental justice priorities including the demand for a Georgia environmental justice policy.
Community liaisons and residents in Georgia, especially low-income communities and communities of color; the program targets communities outside of the metro-At · Meets quarterly as an entire group
From eco-act.org/program/georgia-grassroots-environmental-network-ggen ↗About this program
While all communities are encouraged to participate, the program targets communities outside of the metro-Atlanta area. In addition to meeting quarterly as an entire group, communities are clustered by shared environmental health challenges and encouraged to strategize and act collectively.
Provide organizing and technical assistance so that Georgia low-income communities and communities of color can empower themselves to eliminate air, land, and water pollution.
Details
- Who
- Community liaisons and residents in Georgia, especially low-income communities and communities of color; the program targets communities outside of the metro-At
- When
- Meets quarterly as an entire group
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