by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Community Action, Projects and Programs - ALL
DWEJ has been involved in energy policy and education in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Flint through a Joyce Foundation grant we received in October of 2017. The purpose of our work is to create climate and energy policy engagement at the state and local levels. Energy...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Projects and Programs - ALL
Preparing for the Inevitable In November 2019, DWEJ and other community leaders partnered with the University of Michigan to create a new online interactive planning tool, called the MI-Environmental Project. Our former CEO, Guy Williams, was a co-author. The goal of...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Projects and Programs - ALL
The Back Story In 2019, DWEJ partnered with LINC UP, a Grand Rapids non-profit organization, to create “The Neighborhood Environmental Action Report: Health, Environment and Race in Grand Rapids”. The report discusses environmental injustices in Grand...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Projects and Programs - ALL
Following the Flint Water crisis that started in 2014, then Governor Rick Snyder announced the creation of the Michigan Environmental Justice Workgroup (EJWG) in February of 2017. The workgroup was created following direct recommendations by both the Flint Water...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Projects and Programs - ALL
Continuing a Tradition of University Partnerships Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice has a long record of working with universities to create or contribute to research, lend expertise, or provide opportunities for learning. We have contributed to several...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Projects and Programs - ALL
“In 2009, I went to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15). During this conference, many countries committed to reducing their Greenhouse Gas emissions. As I was reading the Copenhagen Accord, which listed all of the...
