WHEN LOCAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE THREATENED BY POLLUTION, IT IS OFTEN UP TO EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO MAKE CHANGE.
Environmental problems harm all of us. But people are rarely taught how to organize a community group and put together a winning action plan, where to find the data and information to back up their case, how to work with the media, or how to raise money. Even experienced community leaders need support to ensure they’re taking the most strategic approach.
To empower local activists and groups, Community Action Works:
- provides training in gaining media attention, persuading decision makers, crafting a winning strategy, and other means of making a difference for local communities;
- offers funds through our Emergency Relief Grant Program, which enables community groups from Durham, N.H., to Cape Cod to quickly and nimbly tackle new challenges as they arise; and
- gets out there and does the work, side by side with local residents, providing the spark and people power it takes to prevail against tough-to-beat interests.