March 7th, 2025
Frontline Momentum: Winter 2025
This issue of Frontline Momentum focuses on storytelling and the ability of personal stories to highlight to the ongoing impacts of climate change on frontline communities, and how frontline communities are fighting back. Articles include a look into three types of storytelling mediums and provide insight on how to create engaging narratives.
March 5th, 2025
A Year In Review: FRI’s 2024 Impact Report
Read about FRI’s highlights from 2023, hear from our acting executive director, and learn more about our trajectory in 2024!
November 15th, 2024
Frontline Momentum: Fall 2024
This issue of Frontline Momentum focuses on youth engagement and impact in the climate movement. Articles include an overview of best practices organizations can take to engage youth in frontline climate action, insight into how youth are currently influencing the environmental justice movement, and a partner spotlight featuring Youth Climate Collaborative.
August 6th, 2024
Frontline Momentum: Summer 2024
This issue of Frontline Momentum focuses on effective strategies for communicating your organization’s message. Articles include an overview of best practices for communicating within the environmental and climate justice space, an introduction to visual communications, and a grantee spotlight featuring the Toxic Prisons Campaign of the Human Rights Coalition.
July 16th, 2024
Announcing Our 2024-2029 Strategic Plan
Our 2024-2029 Strategic Plan defines the DNA of our organization—our vision, mission, and guiding values—as well as our strategic goals for FRI’s next five years.
May 21st, 2024
Frontline Momentum: Spring 2024
This issue of Frontline Momentum focuses on demystifying data collection and analysis. Articles include an introduction to community science highlighting AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, tips and recommendations for kicking off a community-based research project, and a partner spotlight featuring the Community and College Partners Program.
March 7th, 2024
Frontline Momentum: Winter 2024
This issue of Frontline Momentum features our first grantee spotlight on Haciendo Acciones Socio-Ecológicas Resilientes (HASER)! You’ll also hear about some recent trends in local advocacy, including a highlight on Rise St. James, and learn some key tips and tricks for weaving data into advocacy narratives.
January 23rd, 2024
A Year In Review: FRI’s 2023 Impact Report
Read about FRI’s highlights from 2023, hear from our acting executive director, and learn more about our trajectory in 2024!
November 2nd, 2023
Communication Plan for Building Community Resilience
The Communication Plan for Community Resilience was adapted from the Communication Plan created for the Jackson, Mississippi community by a team of Columbia University students from the Climate School. The Plan has been tailored to be an effective tool for any community seeking to build resilience.
November 2nd, 2023
Frontline Momentum: Fall 2023
In this issue of Frontline Momentum, you’ll hear about the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice’s Communiversity Model, Writing for Green’s innovative grant training model and partnership with FRI, and 5 key tips for preparing competitive grant proposals.
Help us expand our Resource Hub
Do you have a resource that could benefit other frontline community-based organizations? Whether you’ve discovered a helpful tool or have a resource from your organization that you’d like to share, FRI invites you to submit it to our resource hub. Linking resources across the ecosystem will strengthen our collective capacity and build a more resilient movement.
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External Grant Opportunities
In addition to FRI’s funding cycles, we consolidate and uplift grant opportunities offered by other funders supporting environmental and climate justice efforts.
Job Board
Looking for career opportunities to advance environmental and climate justice? Check out FRI’s job board which showcases listings from environmental and climate justice organizations, including frontline community-based groups. The job board is updated frequently to provide you with the latest opportunities.
Do you represent an organization that wishes to feature a job listing on our board? Submit here.
Explore More Resource Hubs
Can’t find what you’re looking for in FRI’s resource hub? Visit one of these resource hubs, which cover topics ranging from public health, environmental law, policy, scientific data and knowledge, climate activist art, funding opportunities, and other issues relevant to environmental and climate justice organizations.
Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice
Named after its founder Dr. Robert Bullard, the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice offers publications, books, and webinars for those seeking new knowledge in environmental and climate justice.
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice posts reports on environmental hazards and climate action equity.
Thriving Earth Exchange
Thriving Earth Exchange provides technical assistance and community science programs. Their resource hub includes several useful guides on community science and science community engagement as well as a media toolkit.
WEACT for Environmental Justice
WeACT, A long-standing environmental justice organization working at the intersection of community health, science, and environmental policy, publishes resources and research outputs from its 30 years of operation.
Environmental Protection Network
Alongside their work providing pro-bono Technical Assistance for communities disproportionately affected by environmental injustices, EPN publishes and consolidates resources regarding grant application processes, technical and organizational assistance, U.S. federal investments in environmental justice, and more.