We seek a Just Transition away from an extraction-based economy to one centered on ecological restoration, community resilience, and social equity, fueled by regenerative resources and cooperative work, governed by deep democracy, and a culture of caring and sacredness.
Developed in partnership with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and community allies, this program is a direct response to the need for equitable, community-centered transportation solutions.
Applications for the grant will open soon, with more details to come on September 30! Make sure you’re signed up for our email updates so that you stay up date:
The HEAL Act affirms that communities have fundamental rights to a healthy environment and that we have every right to use them. However, rights need to be properly articulated, resourced, and integrated into state agencies to be protected and exercised.
In the second edition of our HEAL Progress Report—the 2024 Frontline Report on HEAL Progress—Front and Centered examines the state’s implementation of the HEAL Act three years after its passage, identifies key challenges in that process, and provides clear recommendations for moving forward and realizing the vision of the HEAL Act.
Your hard work is paying off. Thanks to all of you who took action in the last couple of weeks, House Bill 2070 (the CURB Pollution Act) is scheduled for a committee vote on Monday. On top of that, we’ve just heard that the Senate version of the bill is going to get a hearing!
Senate Bill 5990 will be heard this Tuesday, Jan. 30, by the Senate Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee.
Our bill will not get the chance to be voted on by the full Senate unless this committee moves it forward. That means we need you help us to move our bill forward by signing in PRO for the CURB Pollution Act!
(What does it mean to sign in PRO? It means you enter your name and contact information into a form, where you will also mark your position as PRO to show you support our bill!)
Take action in less than a minute by signing in PRO for CURB:
Frontline communities don’t just need to survive—we need to thrive. Our communities will only be stronger and more effective the more connected we are to each other, and the more we are able to support each other in our efforts to create the change we need and the future we want. That’s why we’re excited to announce the Just Transition Leadership Program.
Join us in creating a collective movement toward a more just and equitable future!
Communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and people with lower incomes are on the frontlines of the climate and environmental crisis. For the 2024 “short” legislative session, our coalition of frontline communities focused on reducing pollution in our most at-risk and overburdened communities and ensuring that state budget allocations meet mandated obligations to overburdened communities and vulnerable populations.
Thanks to the mobilization and determination of our coalition members and frontline communities, Front and Centered secured funds to shape implementation of the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act and create the HEAL Community! Fund.
Watch the video to learn who is eligible for grants through the fund, and then use the links below to find detailed information and start your application!
In a new report, Exposing False Solutions: How Washington’s Cap and Trade Program Gives Industrial Polluters a Free Pass, Front and Centered explores our state’s cap-and-trade scheme which provides allowances to many of Washington’s biggest polluters and its impacts on our communities.
In a new report, A Transportation Justice Agenda for Washington State, Front and Centered is proposing a sweeping agenda for justice to reorient the way we invest our transportation dollars and prioritize safety with clear standards for improving transit and safe sidewalks and crosswalks.
The report also features some information from the Washington Transit Access Map, which just launched today!
In Washington and across the country, a person’s race, even more than their income, is the most important factor that determines how their health is impacted by climate change and pollution. As highlighted by the frontline voices in our report, Community Report on Environmental Justice, environmental justice (EJ) can be achieved by directing the focus of state agencies to the communities most impacted. The findings of our community report, which helped inform the landmark Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act, offer a firsthand account of how human health is impacted by pollution and climate impacts, and how it can be improved by government focus.
Just Movement Community Report –
Transitioning Transportation in Washington State
Transportation makes up 40% of Washington GHG pollution and is a core contributor to the disproportionate impacts of pollution in Washington State, the most overburdened communities being disportionately communities of color. These impacts literally take years off our lives. Through Front and Centered statewide listening sessions and surveys, Washington’s communities of color named air quality and health, and increasing the quantity and quality of public transit as priorities for action.
Communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and people with lower incomes are on the frontlines of climate and environmental change.
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