AEO Collaborative

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Advancing Equity & Opportunity Collaborative

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Advancing Equity & Opportunity Collaborative

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Advancing Core Campaign Work & Engaging Through Collaboration

Who We Are

How AEO Collaborative is Making a Difference

Advancing Equity & Opportunity Collaborative (AEO) is a coalition of groups in the South working to identify and address the opportunities and threats associated with energy extraction, production and use in the region, and the related impacts on Black communities, communities of color and low-wealth communities. 

The AEO Collaborative’s work is grounded in the following core values:

Specificity of Place

Participatory Democracy

Specificity of Place

We believe that Southern people and place matter.

Collaboration

Participatory Democracy

Specificity of Place

We believe in collaboration that is grounded in a deep commitment to inclusivity, solidarity, bottom-up organizing, and transformation of self, systems, and structures.

Participatory Democracy

Participatory Democracy

Participatory Democracy

We believe in the right of the people to directly participate in decisions that affect our lives, including decisions about energy sector investments. 

We also believe that the process matters and that the journey toward a destination is itself the destination.

Frontline Leadership

Frontline Leadership

Participatory Democracy

We believe that those who live and work in the most affected communities should be fully represented in both our membership and leadership positions, and play a leading role in decision making.

Solidarity

Frontline Leadership

Solidarity

We believe that we must develop authentic relationships across our differences, and to deepen our analyses of social power (race, class, gender and sexual orientation, etc.) and the ways in which they inform and impact our work.

Compassion

Frontline Leadership

Solidarity

We believe that everyone gains when we begin by serving those among us who are most in need.

U.S. history is deeply marked by quests for equity and opportunity among communities in Southern states.

How We Came to Be

A Brief History

Today, many communities fighting for dignity and fairness in the South are already pursuing equity and opportunity through campaigns for energy, climate, and environmental justice. 

The South is Essential to Our Work

Among the many local organizations working on these issues, resonance across strategic themes is strong, yet the capacity to coordinate work rooted in the South is extremely limited. 

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