Northwest Environmental Justice Center

04/23/2025

📢 The Oregon Tribal Water Empowerment Grant is accepting applications for grants up to $50,000 to support Tribal-led water projects throughout Oregon!

Portland State University’s Institute for Tribal Government in partnership with the University of Oregon’s Just Futures Institute, is proud to offer this opportunity to all Federally recognized Tribes in Oregon, Federally recognized Tribes with aboriginal interests in Oregon, Tribal organizations, and community-based organizations

📆 Apply by May 2, 2025
🔗 Learn more and apply at https://www.pdx.edu/tribal-government/funding-opportunities

11/08/2024

As a collaborative of partners working for the Northwest Environmental Justice Center, we meet regularly to make sure we’re supporting one another, learning, and updating each other on the progress of our TCTAC. This fall for our quarterly partner meeting, we were lucky enough to get most of our Region 10 partners in the same room!

Starting the day off with “I am” poems, partners shared a little more about themselves with the group - see snippets of their poems below! We then were able to share some amazing highlights from the progress of the Center thus far! It’s an incredible feeling being able to see the progress and environmental justice solutions our communities are finding!

10/28/2024

The Northwest Environmental Justice Center is building community capacity by connecting current and emerging EJ leaders to a community of practice through our Cohort Learning tracks. We're seeking an entity to develop a curriculum for and facilitate an energy justice cohort for rural communities. Request for Quotes are open! Quotes are due on or before December 1, 2024.

The NWEJC is seeking Requests for Quotes for a rural energy justice cohort curriculum development and facilitation.

10/15/2024

Last month, our TCTAC team from PSU’s Institute for Tribal Government, Serina Fast Horse and Chrissa Wilkie, had the privilege of attending the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference in Anchorage, AK, and visited the Native Village of Tazlina.

During their visit, village staff Lattonya Sawyer and Matthew Jones gave an insightful tour of their community garden, where harvested vegetables are delivered to elders, and their recycling center, where all sorting is done by staff. They shared how climate change is currently impacting their land and wildlife—a powerful reminder of resilience and adaptation in the face of environmental challenges.

10/09/2024

🌟 Join us for the National Launch of our Healthy Home Explainer Videos! 🌟

We’re excited to introduce these new, bilingual videos (English & Spanish) aimed at educating and empowering Tribal, rural, low-income, and Environmental Justice communities facing exposure to indoor pollutants like lead, woodsmoke, wildfire smoke, and asthma triggers.

📅 Date: Thursday, October 10th, 2024
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PST)

In this webinar, you’ll discover:
➡️ Where to access the videos
➡️ How to use them in your Healthy Homes efforts
➡️ Outreach strategies for reaching vulnerable communities, especially with the impacts of climate change

👥 Who should attend:
* Air Quality & Environmental Staff
* Community Health Workers
* Public Health & Asthma Professionals
* Housing Professionals
* Health Care Providers
* Emergency Preparedness Managers

Register now and learn how these valuable resources can help support your community!
🔗 [Register Here]:

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09/18/2024

We’re thrilled to announce a new funding opportunity from the EPA's Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program! 🎉 This is a fantastic chance for community-based organizations and initiatives

🌱 What’s it for? Funding to support projects that promote healthy, sustainable communities and address environmental challenges.
👉 Learn More Here: https://philanthropynw.org/epa-environmental-justice-thriving-communities-grantmaking-program

Applications are expected to open this Fall 2024. Feel free to share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested!

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Thriving Communities (EJTC) Grantmaking Program aims to make it easier for community-based organizations to access federal environmental justice funding.

05/20/2024

Applications are due this Friday, May 24th. Apply on our website: https://nwejc.org/cohort-learning
We hope to see you there!

05/20/2024

Apply for our Cohort "Money: Finding it and Using it" by this Friday, May 24th!
The first session begins in June! We hope to see you there!
https://nwejc.org/cohort-learning

05/17/2024

Interested in policy solutions to address issues in your community? Our Cohort series, “Issue to Action: How to Turn an Idea into Policy,” will include foundational learning for environmental justice, understanding the policy landscapes that exist, and ultimately supporting cohort members to move from issue to action—turning ideas into policy. Each member will create a vision, identify policy pathways, and develop a policy statement and plan for actualizing policy to get wins for community. Apply on our website! https://nwejc.org/cohort-learning

05/16/2024

Want to demystify and better access federal, state, and private funding for your environmental and energy justice work?
Our series “Money: Finding It and Using It,” is designed to bring you together with similar Tribes and community-based organizations in the Northwest to find, apply for, receive, and successfully use a wide variety of funding sources for a community project you have identified. Apply on our website. First session is June 6th, 2024 11:00 AM-1:00PM PST.
https://nwejc.org/cohort-learning