Roger Kim, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Low-income communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of the impact of climate change, are more likely than other communities to live in food deserts, and are concentrated in employment that provides little chance for upward mobility while facing high rates of exposure to toxins.
As climate change, food access, and green jobs have become commonplace issues across the United States, the Mitchell Kapor Foundation has supported organizations that create meaningful opportunities for low-income communities of color to identify and enact solutions to these problems.
In 2012 , the Kapor Foundation will limit Green Access grants mostly to renewals for key partner organizations. By the end of the year, we will have assessed the grant investments that we have made over the past four years in this area of work and will determine our next steps.
