The Border environmental justice campaign
BEJC works to reduce toxic pollution caused by maquiladora (assembly plant) industries in Tijuana and to promote fair trade and globalization for justice.
EHC’s involvement in the border region began in 1983 with the co-sponsorship of an International Environmental Conference in Tijuana. Cross-border relationships continued to grow around a variety of social and environmental justice issues. BEJC was initiated in 1993 with efforts to halt the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, in recognition of the devastation caused by unjust trade along the border. BEJC’s Tijuana Community Action Team, the Colectivo Chilpancingo Pro Justicia Ambiental, inaugurated EHC’s office in Colonia Chilpancingo in 2002 to support local residents committed to the struggle for environmental justice in Mexico and along the border.
BEJC’s major focus since 1994 on the Metales y Derivados toxic site culminated in completion of a historic, community-driven cleanup in 2008.
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