The Institute of Equity, Ecology, Humor and Art creates innovative multimedia materials such as websites, video, computer games, music and educational material to promote social justice and environmental equity.



GOALS

1. support social justice and environmental equity especially for people of color, for women as well as other communities facing discrimination

2. support the empowerment of these peoples and communities to tell their own histories as well as stories of their contemporary struggles

3. support the building of institutions that are governed by local communities and directly accountable to those communities

4. support the use of cultural tools such as music and art to promote social justice and environmental equity



PRINCIPLES

The Institute for Equity, Ecology, Humor and Art has adopted the principles of environmental justice that were drafted at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, in Washington DC to guide and govern the activities of the organization