REAFFIRMING ELI'S STAND AGAINST RACISM AND SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

摘要

While ELI and its Board have a long-standing commitment to environmental justice that goes back to our 1990s Environmental Justice Initiative working with local and state governments, events in 2020 so blatantly demonstrated the persistence of profound racial injustices in American society that we felt compelled to issue a Statement on Racism and Environmental Justice. The statement was accompanied by an Accountability Roadmap identifying who at ELI will be responsible, within specific time lines, for advancing ELI's further EJ commitments. Reaffirming our stand against racism and its perpetuation in institutions, the statement pledges to use ELI's "unique multi-sectoral, cross-discipline, nonpartisan platform as a fulcrum for change," with commitments for ELI to undertake concrete near-term actions and long-term initiatives. Creating an Environmental Justice Clerkship position was one near-term action taken that we hope will have long-term importance.