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    Civic engagement for a better world

    We joined our peers in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors to provide paid time off for our staff to vote and volunteer in nonpartisan engagement efforts tied to the election.

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  • Switzer Fellow Thought Leadership

    Climate change affects all residents' health

    A new report by Laura Bozzi and Robert Dubrow addresses the issue of climate change and public health in Connecticut, but their findings reach far beyond the state. 

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    Protect the Antarctic Peninsula - before it's too late

    Cassandra Brooks (left) wrote a Nature Commentary with other participants in the Homeward Bound Project.

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Leadership Story

Nigel Golden: National lecture on practices that reduce participation and retention in STEM

Nigel Golden presented the 2020 Ambrose Jearld Jr. Lecture on Diversity and Inclusion in July. His remarks focused on the importance of addressing the cultural and structural barriers to full participation by marginalized communities in STEM. Golden provided a framework for addressing the systemic issues that may explain and/or address those barriers.

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Tuesday, December 1 2020
Race and Equity Discussion Group: Abolitionist Climate Justice, with Julie Sze
Location: Zoom

All Switzer Fellows are invited to join the Race and Equity Discussion Group for this event!

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Fellows in the News

Nov 12, 2020

EJ symposium organized by Youngblood results in law journal special issue with additional Swizer Fellows featured

During Candice Youngblood's final year at Berkeley Law, she pitched and organized a 200+ attendee environmental justice symposium to increase environmental justice scholarship and discourse within...Read more >
Nov 12, 2020

Youngblood wins $20K award to develop Youth on Root leadership program

Candice Youngblood has received a $20,000 grant from Aerie to develop Youth on Root, a state-wide youth leadership program focusing on environmental health disparities. Youth on Root seeks to be a...Read more >
Nov 12, 2020

Hansen wins reelection to West Virginia House of Delegates

Evan Hansen has won reelection from Monongalia County to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Read moreRead more >
Nov 7, 2020

Richter publishes on how ignorance is produced through regulatory structure in the case of PFAS

Lauren Richter, Alissa Cordner & Phil Brown, Sociological Perspectives Producing Ignorance Through Regulatory Structure: The Case of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Abstract: This...Read more >

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