Fighting for EJ and our communities in a time of COVID-19
A letter to our beloved community:
As families shelter in place and workers risk their lives to continue performing work that has always been essential, CEJA remains committed to uplifting the voices of frontline community members in public decision-making processes.
We know that working class, undocumented, unhoused, disabled, elderly, immunocompromised, and low-income community members will suffer the worst impacts of this ongoing pandemic—and that our physical distance from one another will pose new challenges to our organizing in the months ahead.
Our state must expand relief efforts to undocumented community members, who pay taxes but are unable to access unemployment benefits or other public programs.
We need a complete moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, utility and water shut-offs.
We must ensure those without health insurance are able to access life-saving tests and treatment when needed. And we need to continue the fight against xenophobia, remaining true to the principles of the environmental justice movement.
While advocates and the Legislature are no longer be meeting in person, CEJA will continue to fight for frontline community members’ rights to a clean and healthy environment.
We will continue to advocate for a transparent and inclusive public process as we defend the principles of environmental justice.
CEJA members rally at our 2019 Congreso.
In the past month we have witnessed an outpouring of organizing efforts and collective care to meet the urgent need of the present moment. A partial list of these resources and mutual aid opportunities appears below.
While this virus is new, the roots of social inequality are not.
In this moment of crisis and upheaval, we at CEJA will continue to follow the lead of environmental justice community members in statewide policy negotiations and in our everyday work with one another.
COVID-19 Resources and Mutual Aid Request Forms – Gratefully sourced from our CEJA members, partners and allies
Bay Area
APEN’s Community Stabilization Fund
East Bay Disabled Folks COVID19 Support Request Form
San Francisco Unified School District Mutual Aid
San Francisco Bay Mutual Aid Form
Central Coast
Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
Ventura County Public Health Care Agency
Central Valley
Bitwise Industries: Volunteer grocery runs for Madera, Fresno, and Tulare Counties
Coronavirus in San Joaquin, Calaveras Counties: What we know, latest updates
Fresno Bee: Resources for Loss of Income or Food
Fresno Bee: Locations for Free Meals for Students
Spanish-Language Health Updates: Fresno
Community Resources List for COVID-19 Times by LCJA
Lista de recursos para la comunidad durante etapa COVID-19
Inland Empire / Valley
Connect IE: Community Resource List
Cornerstone Community Free Clinic (San Bernardino)
San Bernardino City Unified School District resources / Hotline: (909) 888-KIDS (5437)
Los Angeles/ Orange County
ASC Los Angeles Mutual Aid Fund
COVID-19 Mutual Aid Resources Links (Los Angeles)
Mutual Aid Action Los Angeles Fundraiser
Orange County United Way Pandemic Relief Fund
Orange County Environmental Justice Needs Survey
Sacramento
Sacramento COVID-19 Mutual Aid 2020
City of Sacramento COVID-19 Resource Links
City of Sacramento Small Business Relief Application
Find Food – Sacramento Food Bank
Emergency Childcare Services – YMCA
San Diego
San Diego COVID-19 Mutual Aid Grocery Shopping-LSC of DSA
San Diego (county-wide) COVID-19 Mutual Aid Volunteer Sign-Up
Statewide/Federal
CalNonprofits Economic and Health Resources Guide
Find up-to-date advisories from the Center for Disease Control Health
Global health updates from the World Health Organization
Public health resources and updates from the Indian Health Service
