The Black Church Declaration on Environmental and Economic Justice cont.
Black Church Environmental and Economic Justice Summit
Washington, D.C., December 1-2, 1993

We, the Black Churches, historically committed to justice issues; affirm the unitary nature of life and commit ourselves to the ministry of converging justice and environmental issues that are critical matters of life and death for our Church and for the African Diaspora. We commit our Churches to the formation of a Black Church Environmental and Economic Justice Network which will:

1. Stand in solidarity with people in struggle in local communities.
2. Educate our members about legislative and executive initiatives on environmental justice issues.
3. Bring this issue before our Annual General Boards, Assemblies and Conventions.
4. Struggle against damage to the environment which poses threats disproportionately to the health and well being of the poor and the powerless.
5. Challenge the environmental movement to respond to the call to include economic and racial justice priorities.
6. Work for change in national and international governmental policies and corporate practices that inflict environmental and racial injustices.
   

To ensure that this declaration is a document which lives up to the spirit engendered in the Summit, we commit ourselves to build, maintain and expand the Black Church Environmental and Economic Justice Network by calling together the members from each of the historic Black Churches along with grassroots persons to follow-up on this urgent agenda which will proclaim through action that:

"THE EARTH IS THE LORDS".