Advancing Environmental Justice through Technical Assistance Mini-Grants Program

Hui o Ho‘ohonua (HOH808) is a non-profit created by community members of the Ewa moku (district or land division), which includes Pu’uloa (Pearl Harbor). Their mission is to end the perpetuation of historical trauma to Ewa’s land, water and people through reciprocal learning, working side by side with the Ewa community, and serving its kupuna (elders) and current residents.

Read a profile of the organization and their grant activities under this program and learn more on their website.

Lideres Campesinas is a statewide network based in Oxnard, California whose mission is to strengthen the leadership of farmworker women and girls so that together, they become the bridge that reaches the social, economic and political changes that ensure their human rights. The organization is dedicated to leadership development, outreach and education, and technical assistance in issues directly affecting farmworker communities in California.

Read a profile, also available in Spanish, of the organization and their grant activities under this program and learn more on their website.

South Baltimore Community Land Trust in Baltimore, Maryland is a community led land trust whose vision is quality affordable housing for all in communities free of environmental injustice.

Read a profile of the organization and their grant activities under this program and learn more on their website.

The mission of Healthy Homes Coalition is to prioritize children’s health and well-being by eliminating harmful housing conditions, beginning in Grand Rapids’ hardest hit neighborhoods. They achieve this mission through direct services, community organizing, and continuous collaboration.

Read a profile of the organization and their grant activities under this program and learn more on their website.

The mission of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving and restoring the community’s natural resources.

Read a profile of the organization and their grant activities under this program and learn more on their website.

APHA partnered with the National Center for Healthy Housing to offer a Climate Communications Bootcamp in February 2023.

This two-day training aimed to build skills around delivering key climate and health messaging, as well as communicating and engaging with policymakers, media and other key audiences. The second day of the training culminated in a Capitol Hill visit where participants met with U.S. congressional offices in DC.

EJTA grantee representatives were able to attend the bootcamp and meet with their representatives.

Strategic Communications with Resonance Communications Hub (2022)

Resonance, a progressive communications hub with expertise in social justice and equity, hosted a workshop and provided technical assistance for the NEHPC EJTA environmental justice organization grantees. To further the reach of this work, they developed this strategic communications guide that offers best practices and sample communications that can be used by any organization working towards social justice.

Access the guide: 

• English (PDF)
• Spanish (PDF)

The Advancing Environmental Justice through Technical Assistance session at the APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo discussed how the EJTA program supports environmental justice organizations in building capacity to advance environmental justice and the grantees’ experience.

Program grantees, including the Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan (Executive Director Jameela Maun pictured on the left) and Organización de Lideres Campesinas en California, shared their environmental justice work, activities and experiences under the grant program, and further opportunities in their field of work. A technical assistance provider to the grantees shared their insights as an expert in environmental health and discussed the importance of technical assistance in advancing environmental justice work.