In 2023, South Coast AQMD plans to launch a new program, “Working with Communities”, that aims to bring together community partners, agency personnel, and local stakeholders to engage in the agency’s commitment to environmental justice through community service. 

South Coast AQMD has a long history of strengthening relationships and building alliances with organizations across Southern California to build healthy and sustainable communities. In recent years, South Coast AQMD has demonstrated the agency’s commitment to service through events such as the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Cesar Chavez Day of Remembrance. 

Working with Communities is a new partnership between South Coast AQMD and Habitat for Humanity International to collaborate on volunteer service projects in environmental justice communities throughout the four-county region. South Coast AQMD employees will volunteer on community projects such as building a home in Willowbrook neighborhood in South Los Angeles or painting a senior citizen’s home in San Bernardino. Additional community service events will be scheduled in March 2023 and throughout the year. 

For more information, please email Cristina Lopez.