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Strategy and Partnerships. Laprisha Berry Daniels. Executive Director. laprisha@dwej.org. Laprisha sets the strategic direction, and establishes and maintains strategic partnerships for DWEJ. She is responsible for disrupting and dismantling the status quo that leads to Detroiters bearing the undue burden of environmental hazards that ...
WHAT WE DO. DWEJ focuses on reducing environmental health disparities, specifically those related to asthma, lead poisoning and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our approaches involve combining education about impacts of environmental hazards and climate change with political action to reduce the environmental factors that lead to disease.
Advocated for the clean-up of an estimated 60,000 contaminated parcels of land in Detroit. 5,000+ Trained over 5,000 people to identify environmental health hazards in their homes and neighborhoods, and then to build their capacity to make their community a safer, healthier place to live.
DWEJ is organized to empower individuals, communities and community organizations in Southeast Michigan to educate, advocate and organize for cleaner, healthier communities and environment. Current programs include Build Up Detroit , Green Jobs Training Program, Youth on Patrol Against Pollution.
Led by Donele Wilkins, these activists began to meet and build an organizing strategy that would ensure that Detroiters had the tools they needed to demand a cleaner, healthier city. Since then, we at DWEJ are continuing to fight against chronic illness from pollution and demanding that policymakers ensure a sustainable future for all ...
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ) is focused on creating a sustainable future for Detroit, rooted in three sustainability pillars: community health and happiness,...
Contact Us. 4750 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201. Phone 313.833.3935. info@detroitenvironmentaljustice.org
