We Raise Awareness and Promote Environmental Justice
We raise awareness in society to sensitize more people to the environmental issues that Black, Brown and Immigrant communities face. We also invest in educational projects that tell stories and create experiences with the potential of reducing psychological barriers to the environmental justice cause.
Our Public Outreach Strategy
At BE Initiative, we believe that social progress does not necessarily happen with time, it happens with long-term campaigning and education on important issues.
Our objective is to denormalize the fact that poorer communities, which often include Black, Brown and Immigrant people, are unfairly exposed to the harm of pollution. Our objective is also to promote and implement solutions that we think can address the issues.
In order to make this change, we have invested a lot of our energy in public outreach.
BE Initiative in the Media
Making space for Black leaders in Canada’s climate movement – January 2022
The Philantropic year- December 2021, The Philantropic year, volume 3
CTV – Realities of racism panel – November 2021
CTV – Realities of racism – November 2021 – COP 26 comments
TTYE – September 2021 The Climate Crisis Inequality All the Parties Are Ignoring
Toronto Star – June 2021 How Canada is moving to end the systemic ‘environmental racism’ that has been the toxic burden of racialized and Indigenous people for decades
CBC – April 2021 Le racisme environnemental, c’est quoi? | Questions-réponses | Rad
Radio Canada – April 2021 Qu’est-ce que le racisme environnemental? En quoi cela concerne-t-il le Canada?
CBC – March 2021 The movement to address environmental racism is growing. This bill could provide the data it needs
OUR TIMES – February 2021 Here for all seasons
TTYE, November 2020 Canada’s Big Chances to Address Environmental Racism
BE Initiative in Universities
Nardos and Samantha spoke in a panel at the University of Toronto
BE Initiative in Schools
Tayssa and Xavier spoke in a classroom at College Maisonneuve
BE Initiative in Businesses
Naolo along with Ingrid Waldron presented on environmental justice at TDI Insurance
BE Initiative in Online Spaces
BE Initiative in Networks
Toronto Public Library – Urban Planning and Environmental Racism
Amnistie International – April 2021 Racisme systémique et environnement
2021 Environment Funders Conference
Environmental Justice Mural Project
BE Initiative is a member of Environment Canada Natural Thriving Environments Advisory Table
BE Initiative is a member of the steering committee of the Toronto Non-Profit Network
BE Initiative is a member of the National Environmental Justice Network in America along with NAACP and CBTU.
Be Initiative is a founding member of the Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice
BE Initiative is a member of Vision 2030 by Sustainability Network
Let us work together to make a difference
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