NAACP-Maryland State Conference
Environmental & Climate Justice
Branch Committees
Click on the county names below for a look at some of the pressing issues facing Black and brown communities in Maryland.
We will continue to update this list as more NAACP-MSC branches become active on environmental issues in their locations, so check back!
Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County is fighting multiple environmental injustices within the Black and brown community at Lothian, Maryland.
Baltimore City
Baltimore CIty has a legacy of environmental injustice and Black communities and families have long paid the price in terms of health, access to opportunity, jobs, schools and healthy food.
Dorchester County
Dorchester County, located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is the birthplace of the Underground Railroad.
Prince George’s County
The Brandywine community is in the southeast corner of Prince George's County with a population of 6,700 residents, 72 percent of whom are African-American. Some residents call it an environmental sacrifice zone for Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region.
Wicomico County
In Maryland, the agriculture sector is the largest source of polluted runoff into the Chesapeake Bay. And the poultry industry is the largest contributor to the problem