Mission

The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE) is a non-profit environmental justice organization. Our mission is to achieve environmental justice and healthy sustainable communities through collective action and the law. CRPE works with communities in California's San Joaquin Valley, particularly in the predominantly rural communities of Kern, Kings, and Tulare Counties. We use community organizing, legal representation, policy advocacy, and coalition building strategies to assist community groups build power to protect their environmental health.