Altorice Frazier
Altorice Frazier is a Port Campaigner, Northeast at Pacific Environment. He is visionary leader and co-founder of Parents Engaging Parents Inc. (PEPNJ), a 501(c)(3) organization empowering parents, mobilizing communities, and advancing policy change through a justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) framework. Since founding PEPNJ in 2017, Altorice has championed the organization’s mission to amplify community voices and advocate for critical issues in New Jersey, including education, mental health and environmental justice.
Under his leadership, PEPNJ has achieved key milestones, such as New Jersey’s grief education bill (S3330/A5015), mandating grief education for students in grades 8-12. Collaborating with Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss, Altorice secured bipartisan support for this initiative, equipping students with tools for healthy grief processing and reinforcing holistic education.
Altorice prioritizes environmental justice, focusing on port pollution affecting communities of color. As the Good Jobs Clean Air NJ campaign lead, he advocates for clean air and fair employment near Newark’s airport, targeting pollution from warehouses and Amazon facilities. Beyond PEPNJ, he serves on the boards of KIPP New Jersey, the Anti-Racist Mental Health Alliance of New Jersey (ARMHA-NJ) and Rutger University’s Center For Youth Social Emotional Wellness CYSEW’s Community Advisory Board.
