Equity Statement
As an environmental organization, we know we cannot achieve environmental justice without racial, social, and economic justice. Systemic racism and injustice have left economically disadvantaged communities, Indigenous communities, and communities of color exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollution, as well as the most vulnerable people subject to more powerful storms and floods, intense heat waves, deadly wildfires, devastating droughts, and other threats from the climate crisis.
This is a critical moment to define bold and equitable climate solutions that address the legacy of environmental racism. MVCC is committed to ensuring that all people have the right to breathe clean air, live free of dangerous levels of toxic pollution, access to healthy food, and share the benefits of a prosperous and vibrant clean economy.
MVCC is committed to implementing an ambitious environmental justice climate policy agenda that will be centered on innovative and equitable solutions with racial and economic justice as core goals.