Government Program Celebrates 25 Years of Commitment to Environmental Justice Movement.
Sharon BeardKenda FreemanDavid RichardsJoy Lee PearsonPublished in: New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS (2023)
For over 25 years, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) has advanced principles of environmental justice by funding nonprofit organizations, or grantees, to deliver health, safety, and job training for individuals from disadvantaged communities. This article provides a brief background of the environmental justice movement and examines the efforts of grantees to demonstrate how the ECWTP model can serve as a pathway for advancing environmental justice in disadvantaged and underserved communities.