1. Yesenia Perez
Climate Equity Program
Manager
Clean Cities
Environmental
Justice Initiative

2. Our Vision
The Greenlining Institute works
towards a future where communities
of color can build wealth, live in
healthy places filled with economic
opportunity, and are ready to meet
the challenges posed by climate
change.

3. Clean Cities Environmental Justice Initiative
Clean Cities Energy and Environmental Justice Initiative

4. What is CCEEJI?
Example benefits to
disadvantaged communities:
● Improving air quality
● Reducing energy and
transportation costs
● Increasing access to
alternative fuels, electric
vehicle charging
stations and clean
transportation
● Fostering opportunities
and economic
development
Clean Cities Energy and Environmental Justice
Initiative
“Improving equitable access to clean
transportation options by engaging with their local
communities to co-develop projects and solutions
that meet real, on-the ground needs“
Source: https://cleancities.energy.gov/energy-and-environmental-justice/

5. Community Transportation Action Plan
● Identify community-driven
mobility and clean fuel projects
● Build trusting community
partnerships and long term
capacity
● Identify additional funding and
capacity building opportunities
for project implementation

6. Providing Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
Providing curriculum and facilitation for trainings and
workshops
Developing Best Practices and Case Studies for Community
Transportation & Mobility Needs Assessments
Providing 1-1 technical assistance and trouble- shooting

7. Ezra Kong/Reflex
design Collective

8. Ezra Kong/Reflex
design Collective
17 CCEEJI Participants
● Alabama Clean Fuels
Coalition
● Centralina Clean Fuels
● Empire NY
● East Tennessee Clean Fuels
Coalition
● CC Georgia
● Kansas City Region
● Michigan
● Connecticut SouthWestern
Area
● Long Beach
● Louisiana Clean Fuels
● Western Riverside
● Land of Sky (Western North
Carolina)
● Western Washington
● Virginia
● Minnesota
● Northern Colorado
● Greater Washington Region (DC)

9. Ezra Kong/Reflex
design Collective
Questions?
Yesenia.Perez@greenlining.org