Our Movement Starts Here

Our Movement Starts Here shows the local events that sparked the Environmental Justice movement and how well-organized, peaceful protesters can inspire great things well beyond their local concerns. In 1982, a rural, predominately Black community in North Carolina mobilized and fought the state’s plan to site a toxic PCB landfill in their county. This landmark action, the first to articulate the concepts of environmental racism and environmental justice, brought together civil rights activists and environmentalist for the first time to fight for common goals.