Just Community Relationships

Northeastern will build authentic relationships with local communities to model place-based justice and sustainability in action

At the root of climate justice action is community power and self-determination. When people have access to decisions that impact their livelihood, we can address many of the problems we are facing today. Building meaningful relationships with the community and taking action together is essential.

Strategies

How can Northeastern expand on-campus housing without cutting more into Roxbury?

NORTHEASTERN STUDENT

Access to Campus libraries and technology would be a plus.

COMMUNITY MEMBER

Measuring Our Impact

150

Local Neighborhood Trees
maintained by Northeastern
in 2024

$32.3M

Institutional Aid For
Boston Students
In 2023

$4.5M

Neighborhood and
Housing Investment
in 2023

plan in action

840 Columbus Avenue

840 Columbus Avenue Communities, the current plan includes 124,000 SF of academic space, nearly 18,000 SF of community gathering and resource space, and 800 beds of student housing. When approved and built, this mixed-use project will support academic goals of the...

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Implementation Tracker

About The Plan

The Climate Justice Action Plan was co-created with our neighboring communities that are most impacted by the climate and intersecting crises.

Partners

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216 Massachusetts Ave, Boston MA 02115

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