Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) is an
environmental justice community organization Community organization or Community Based Organization refers to organization aimed at making desired improvements to a community's social health, well-being, and overall functioning. Community organization occurs in geographically, psychosocially, ...
based in
Boston's
Nubian Square (formerly Dudley Square). Founded in 1994, ACE works to eradicate
environmental racism and classism and achieve environmental justice. Its four core program areas are the Dudley Square Organizing Project (DSOP), Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP), T Riders Union (TRU), and Environmental Justice Legal Services (EJLS).
Accomplishments
Some of ACE's notable accomplishments include the following:
*In September 2009, youth members of REEP and TRU, in collaboration with the Youth Way on the MBTA, reached an agreement with Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
James Aloisi
James Aloisi is a Boston-based writer, commentator and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy, and law.
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to extend the hours for student passes and investigate the feasibility of an unrestricted youth pass.
*With partner organizations in th
Green Justice Coalition ACE and its Dudley Square Organizing Project helped ensure that environmental justice considerations were included in the landmark 2009 Massachusetts energy efficiency plan.
*ACE's Environmental Justice Legal Services represented Chelsea residents in a 2007 case that prevented the construction of a diesel-fueled power plant adjacent to an elementary school.
*In 1999, ACE worked with a number of governmental agencies to implemen
Airbeat a real-time air pollution monitoring system.
References
External links
Alternatives for Community and Environment
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Anti-racist organizations in the United States
Environmental justice organizations
Environmental organizations based in Massachusetts
Political advocacy groups in the United States
Organizations based in Boston