Citizens' Environmental Coalition records,
- Author:
- Citizens' Environmental Coalition.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-197 local
- Abstract:
- The records of Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) document its research and activism, from its infancy as part of the New York Environmental Institute, through its independent chartering in 1991, and continuing into the new millennium. The earliest document in the collection is an item of collected research material from 1973. The records in this collection document CEC's growing political maturity through the 1990s, and the bulk of the materials date from that decade. CEC collection has been divided into eight series: Activities, Administrative Files, Fundraising, Graphics Files, Issue Files, News Clippings, Publications, and Research Material. Environmental issues covered in the collection include (but are not limited to) the following: radioactive waste, Superfund sites, clean drinking water, health care and the environment, agricultural waste, environmental labor concerns, safe schools, the Hudson River, Eastman Kodak, air pollution, toxic waste, and toxic chemicals. The greatest strength of CEC collection lies in the Activities series. This series documents CEC's plans and actions taken on particular environmental issues. It contains correspondence, outreach files, and research material for numerous activities.
- Historical Note:
- The Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) consists of 110 community and environmental groups and over 14,000 individuals in New York. CEC is active in local, state, and national environmental issues. CEC's primary purposes are to fight pollution in New York State, build a healthier environment, and to encourage, educate, and organize local citizens with similar goals. It supports democratic, grassroots activities, helps build coalitions, and "promote[s] corporate accountability and non-violent social justice values." The collection documents CEC's efforts to support grassroots environmental activities. In some cases, the records demonstrate CEC's efforts to advance an existing grassroots movement. In other examples, CEC's records show it joining state, national, and international networks to become active in a larger environmental cause or project. CEC's records also show extensive outreach activities - efforts to foster cooperation or stimulate new environmental activism among concerned citizens. The collection also contains records from various New York State offices and departments, the New York Environmental Institute, EPL Institute Inc., Superfund Monitoring Project, Toxics In Your Community Coalition, Healthy Schools Network, and the Office of Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried, former New York State Assistant Majority Leader. This collection lacks comprehensive coverage of all activities. It does not contain a substantial amount of recent records related to persistent toxic chemicals, right to know, Superfund, brownfields, and sustainable agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 44.25 cu. ft and 4 videotapes
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. local
- Subjects:
- Air quality New York (State), Ecology New York (State), Environmental health New York (State), Environmental justice New York (State), Environmental management New York (State), Environmentalism New York (State), Hazardous wastes New York (State), Pesticides Environmental aspects New York (State), Refuse and refuse disposal New York (State), Water quality New York (State), Air quality, Ecology, Environmental health, Environmental justice, Environmental management, Environmentalism, Hazardous wastes, Pesticides Environmental aspects, Politics and government, Refuse and refuse disposal, and Water quality
- Genres/Forms:
- Clippings. aat, Correspondence. aat, Minutes. aat, Newsletters. aat, Periodicals. aat, Reports. aat, and Videocassettes. aat
- Corporate Names:
- Citizens' Environmental Coalition and Citizens' Environmental Coalition
- Chronological Terms:
- Since 1951 fast
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State) Politics and government 1951- and New York (State)
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