Newpact on Social and Environmental Justice: Bridging the Divide

The environmental and social justice movements continue to operate in silos. While environmental issues and climate change impacts affect everyone, many marginalized people, particularly racialized communities, don’t see themselves reflected in the narratives, approaches, and campaigns led by ENGOs. This is more than an engagement gap—it's a critical barrier to the collective goals of addressing climate change, maintaining a livable habitat on Earth, and protecting biodiversity.

In this three-part workshop series led by newpact, leaders of participating ENGOs will identify the foundational barriers to the inclusion and engagement of racialized communities in the environmental justice movement and explore how to address them in their programming, operations, and communications.

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Workshop #1 : Environmental Exclusion - The History, The Data and The Divide.

July 4, 1-2 PM ET

Facilitated by Dwaine Taylor and Sarah Cuddie

In this workshop, participants will explore the history of the environmental justice movement and how it continues to shape who leads, engages with, and benefits from environmental justice initiatives. The workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the complexity of the engagement gap ENGOs face with racialized and other marginalized communities.

Workshop #2: Environmental Exclusion - Internal Policies and People.

July 11, 1-2 PM ET

Facilitated by Dwaine Taylor and Rosalyn Alessi

In this interactive case-study-based workshop, participants will explore how policies and people operations (human resources) may reinforce the exclusion of racialized and other marginalized communities from within ENGOs. The exploration of the internal functions of ENGOs will provide a foundation for examining solutions that cater to the needs of each organization in the third workshop, where organizations will explore how to address the challenges in their external programming and communications.

Workshop #3 : Environmental Exclusion - Programming and Communications Solutions Lab

July 18, 1-2 PM ET

Introduction by Dwaine Taylor; facilitated by Sarah Cuddie and Kelsey Gilchrist.

In this interactive solutions lab-style workshop, ENGOs will share a program or communications campaign they are currently working on, and our facilitators will host coaching roundtables, applying the EDI frameworks discussed in the previous two workshops. This format is a unique, real-time peer-to-peer and expert learning of how to apply equity, diversity and inclusion principles to program design and external communications.