Where a factory goes and who lives next to it is a land use decision, and land use decides health outcomes for frontline communities.

Air pollution is one of the heaviest burdens frontline communities carry. Every one of our member organizations works on it, from monitors on their own rooftops to permitting rules in Springfield.

Air pollution is one of the heaviest burdens frontline communities carry. Every one of our member organizations works on it, from monitors on their own rooftops to permitting rules in Springfield.

CEJN holds the space where members set shared priorities, decide what to take on collectively, and show up for each other's fights. Separate organizations chasing separate wins get separate results. Pooled, they build power that lasts past any single campaign.

Chicago's environmental justice movement is decades old, and most of it was never written down. We are recording it, from the organizers who started this work to the ones carrying it now.