“CBE’s mission is to build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low-income neighborhoods to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution and building green, healthy, and sustainable communities and environments. CBE Provides residents in heavily polluted urban communities in California with the organizing skills, leadership training, and legal, scientific, and technical assistance to successfully confront threats to their health and well-being.”
CBE’s vision embrace local transformation. In public meetings and individual conversations, CBE members and volunteers emphasize the importance of community-led solutions to environmental justice issues. They also highlight the organization's commitment to centering the voices and experiences of the most impacted communities. CBE is grounded in the belief that all people have the right to a healthy environment and that achieving environmental justice requires addressing the structural inequalities and power imbalances that contribute to environmental injustice.
