Environmental & Social Justice

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Martha Matsuoka: Ports and goods movement in Los Angeles

Dr. Martha Matsuoka is an Associate Professor in the Urban and Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, where she is also the Executive Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute.
June 28, 2017
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Air Quality and Environmental Justice on the U.S./Mexico border

Environmental Health Coalition has hired Carolina Prado as Senior Research Scientist, leading two new initiatives for the organization. Carolina will plan and implement a project that is a natural extension of her PhD dissertation research...
June 20, 2017
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Bruni Pizarro

2017 Fellow
Bruni Pizarro (she/ella) is the Director of Brand Strategy & Partner at For La Diáspora, a creative studio that connects brands to the Latine community through culturally-driven design and bilingual communications. Her family migrated from...
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Mia Karisa Dawson

2017 Fellow
Mia Karisa Dawson is an urban human geographer and educator. Since receiving her doctorate in Geography in 2023 from the University of California, Davis, Mia received postdoctoral awards from the University of California, Los Angeles, and...
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Lauren Richter

2017 Fellow
Lauren Richter is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. In 2018 she was the recipient of a Leadership Grant from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation to work at the Silent Spring Institute as a research fellow. She...
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Aisha Saad

2017 Fellow
Aisha Saad received her JD at Yale Law School. At Yale, Aisha's research focuses on corporate human rights abuses and corporate environmental liability. Prior to law school Aisha completed a DPhil and an MPhil in Nature, Society and...
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Miriam Solis

2017 Fellow
Miriam is a UC Berkeley Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She specializes in environmental planning, with a specific focus on social justice, infrastructure, and sustainability. Her current project...
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Zineb Bouzoubaa

2017 Fellow
Zineb Bouzoubaa is a Senior Data Climate Specialist at Bloomberg, where she is part of the newly-formed GFANZ (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero) team. In this role, she uses data to drive the global financial sector’s work to ensure...
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Cal Ag Roots program sparks critical dialogue on California's agricultural system

California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) received two years of Switzer Leadership Grant support to launch a new staff position for Ildi Carlisle-Cummins as Director of the Cal Ag Roots program. Cal Ag Roots, created by Ildi, aims to put historical roots under current California food and farming movements by telling the stories of California's agricultural development in innovative, useful, and relevant ways.
June 2, 2017
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Genie Bey

2017 Fellow
Genie Bey is an environmental professional with over a decade of experience advancing climate adaptation, environmental justice, and community resilience across public and nonprofit sectors. She co-leads NOAA’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) program, managing a national portfolio of interdisciplinary, community-engaged research focused on extreme heat, flooding, wildfire, and displacement. Genie holds an M.A. in Geography from California State University, Long Beach, and dual B.S. degrees in Urban Ecology and Environmental & Sustainability Studies from the University of Utah.