Connecticut Coalition for
Environmental Justice

• Goal: To encourage consideration of EJ issues by the city, CCEJ wants to put EJ conscious people near the ears of city government; these people can help CCEJ learn what the city plans to do on issues related to urban environment.
  
• Description: EJ conscious people can make a differnce by joining the City of New Haven's environmental advisory council, the zoning commission, or the planning board. The environmental advisory council gives advice only and has no decision-making power. However, it can raise awareness regarding the EJ implications of various proposals and help alert CCEJ to potential issues of interest. We have proposed an expansion of this board to include more community representation. The zoning and planning boards are both quite powerful and EJ supporters on these boards could give us direct influence on city development.
  
• Progress: Two members of NHEJN have been appointed to the environmental advisory council (Lynne Bonnet and John Dixon), and one of our members was appointed to the zoning commission (Lee Cruz).