CEC: About Us

(518) 462-5527 Fax: (518) 465-8349
cectoxic@igc.org

History

Citizens' Environmental Coalition is New York’s leading environmental health organization. CEC was founded in 1983 by community leaders organizing to clean up toxic sites. Today, CEC has grown into a coalition of over 100 community, labor, health and environmental groups and thousands of individual members. CEC brings the grassroots to the statehouse, working with citizens across the state to create safe and healthy communities. CEC coordinates an Alliance for a Toxic Free Future with over 70 groups that are working to prevent harm from toxic chemicals by promoting green market shifts and reforming government policies.

“CEC provided us with step by step guidance to ensure a successful cleanup.”
-Shawn Lessord
Erie CANALKEEPER®

“I am particularly impressed by your efforts to empower, educate and assist individuals at the local level who are concerned about environmental issues. I hope that your efforts to build coalitions and develop grass roots support will serve as a model for citizen activism”.
-U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

“CEC has stood up to powerful corporations and uncaring politicians to demand and win genuine toxic chemical cleanups and real pollution prevention on the state and local level.”
-Lois Gibbs, Director,
Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Co-Founder of Love Canal Homeowners Assn

CEC'S Board of Directors

CEC's Board members are people who represent member groups and have worked with the organization on local or statewide campaigns. They come directly from the communities we work with and often started their activist interests by working with us on their local problem and then becoming involved in a statewide advocacy campaign.

Tom Ellis, Co-Chair
Coalition Against Riverfront Pollution
Albany, NY

CEC seeks full and part-time interns in Albany office.

Intern responsibilities may include:

Researching and writing- environmental reports, guidance manuals and fact sheets.

Writing articles for CEC's quarterly newsletter, which includes interviews, articles on grassroots environmental activities, current campaigns, and legislative updates.
Creating media alerts, press releases, statewide flyers and proposals.
IInvestigating pollution problems or state policies & programs.
Urging members to contact their State Representatives to advocate for specific environmental health policies.
Technical projects such as GIS Mapping and website development and administration.
Administrative and clerical work to help support the Program Staff.
Participating in grassroots environmental actions.

The applicant should have very good written and oral communication skills, an interest in pollution problems and dedication to environmental protection. Academic credit must be arranged by the applicant.

To Apply
Send resume along with a brief writing sample and two references to: