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PRINCIPLES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE our mission

Clean Water for North Carolina is guided by the Principles of Environmental Justice, written at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991.

Video from the 1st National POC Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991, where the Principles of Environmental Justice were founded. Video by United Church of Christ.

P R E A M B L E

The 17 Principles follow below the preamble
View the 17 Principles of Environmental Justice(pdf)

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