Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs

The Advocates for Community Alternatives program partners with communities in West Africa to explore development alternatives that are not dependent on mining and carbon extraction. This grant will support the program’s ongoing work in the Donkro Nkwanta region of Ghana to refine their methodology for future community engagement throughout Ghana and West Africa.

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.

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice has made many achievements in its efforts to reduce emissions around the ports of Los Angeles, and would benefit from telling the story of those achievements with the goal of increasing their funding base. Through its fiscal sponsor, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, EYCEJ will hire a consultant to develop a fundraising plan with a communications focus and fundraising materials that tell the stories of the organization in order to engage a larger donor base. Because of the small staff size of the organization, this grant will also support hiring a part-time staff person who will carry out the plan.