Activist Tools: Northeastern U.S. activist/grassroots organizations

Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
Phone: (617) 338-8131
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow is a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers, and educators seeking preventive action on toxic hazards in Massachusetts. Their goal is to correct fundamental flaws in government policies that allow harm to public health and the environment. AHT creates proactive policies to prevent harm before the damage is done and to promote use of the safest alternatives.

Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE)
Phone: (617) 442-3343
Based in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) has been working in partnership with low income communities and communities of color to achieve environmental justice since 1994. ACE provides legal and technical support, educational programs, and organizing assistance to community groups throughout New England to solve environmental problems and develop local environmental leadership.

Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
Phone: (518) 462-5527
The goals of the Citizens' Environmental Coalition include: to eliminate pollution in New York State and create safe, healthy communities, schools and workplaces through pollution prevention; to empower, educate and assist people concerned about environmental problems; and, to promote democratic, grassroots advocacy to restore New York's environment.

Toxics Action Center
Phone: (617) 292-4821
The Toxics Action Center (TAC) helps neighborhood groups across New England fight toxic pollution in their communities. TAC works on a variety of issues including cleaning up hazardous waste sites, stopping proposed landfills and incinerators, stopping the spraying of pesticides, pressuring companies to reduce their toxic chemical use, and other issues that threaten the health and safety of residents, neighborhoods, and the environment. TAC has offices in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.

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