Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs
For Support Of The California Freight Transportation And Health Meetings
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Amount$20,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/10/2011
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs is the fiscal sponsor for East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, which is a co-chair of the California Transportation and Health Collaboration (CTHC). CTHC is made up of nearly 30 California organizations and coalitions that advocate for clean air and pollution reduction from goods movement and transportation projects. This grant will provide travel and lodging assistance to members of the CTHC to attend a two-day meeting in Sacramento with other advocates to discuss state and local initiatives related to freight, air quality and transportation planning.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.saveourplanet.org
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for Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice
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for Advocates for Community Alternative’s project on local government accountability in Ghana
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for the East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice project
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs is the fiscal sponsor of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice-a core group in several California and national coalitions advocating for zero-emission freight systems to improve the health of residents living near ports and along freight routes; it also works to curb global warming. This renewal grant would allow the organization to continue its community organizing, policy advocacy, and coalition-building work in pursuit of emission reductions in and around Los Angeles ports, as well as its work with a new Clean Freight Coalition linked to California's global warming emission reduction program.
