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Environmental Justice Advisory Council

The Environmental Justice Advisory Council (EJAC) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is appointed by and shall serve as an advisory body to the Commissioner of the NJDEP. EJAC is committed to the basic tenet set forth by the Environmental Justice Movement that all communities, regardless of their racial, ethnic, or economic composition, are entitled to equal protection from the consequences of environmental hazards. EJAC will make strategic recommendations to the NJDEP Commissioner to ensure that the Department develops effective communication programs, implements and enforces environmental laws, regulations, and policies so that such actions do not unfairly burden any New Jersey population of people with a disproportionate share of environmental pollution. Further, EJAC will strongly encourage the Department to provide a mechanism for outreach to direct community participation in environmental decision making.

2010 EJAC Meetings

Meetings are scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month, except during July and August. Meetings will be held from 10:00am to noon at the DEP building, 401 East State Street in Trenton, NJ.


2009-2011 environmental justice advisory council members

Valorie Caffee (Chairperson)
Director of Organizing
NJ Work Environment Council
Dr. Ana Baptista, Ph.D. (Vice Chairperson)
Program Manager
Community Development & Environmental Justice Programs
Ironbound Community Corporation

Sharon Brown (Corresponding Secretary)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Environmental & Occupational Safety Services, Inc. (EOSS)

The Rev. Fletcher Harper (Recording Secretary)
Executive Director
GreenFaith

Kevin D. Moore (Parliamentarian)
Principal
The Urban Environmental Group
 

 

 

Stewart H. Abrams, P.E.
Associate
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
Joann L. Held
Public Health Specialist
NESCAUM

Kerry Margaret Butch
Project Director Urban Resources
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions

The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Justice
Pastor
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Theodore Carrington
New Jersey State Conference of NAACP

Zachary D. Lewis
President
Brilliant Lewis Environmental Services

Kim Thompson-Gaddy
Environmental Justice and North Jersey Organizer
New Jersey Environmental Federation

Donald M. McCloskey
Director, Environmental Strategy and Policy
PSEG Services Corporation

Colandus “Kelly” Francis
President, Camden County NAACP

Professor Judith Stark, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy and Director of Environmental Studies
Seton Hall University

 

 


  • July - no meeting
  • August - no meeting
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

2010 Meeting Minutes (in pdf format)

  • July - no meeting
  • August - no meeting
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • 2009
  • 2008 (coming soon)
  • 2007
  • 2006 (coming soon)

 

 

Note: The Environmental Justice Advisory Council is an advisory body to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). It is not a division of the NJDEP. The views and opinions on this page are those of the Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

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