Environmental & Social Justice

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Cynthia Wilson

2025 Fellow
A nutritionist by training, Cynthia Wilson (Diné) centers her research on interdisciplinary approaches to Indigenous environmental health, kinship mobility, and Diné foodways. Since 2016, she co-led community-based traditional foods program and ancestral lands advocacy at Bears Ears National Monument.
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Hasibe Caballero-Gómez

2025 Fellow
Hasibe Caballero-Gómez is an environmental health scientist and community advocate. Driven by her lived experiences and a vision of equity, she combines research with grassroots engagement to create meaningful, inclusive solutions for environmental challenges.
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Arrington supports grassroots organizers as staff attorney at Lawyers for Good Government

Alicia Arrington recently joined Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) as a staff attorney working in their environmental justice program. "I'm very excited to be back helping grassroots organizers in the environmental justice space -...
May 12, 2025
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Wilkinson to become Assistant Curator of Community Science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Later this year, Christine Wilkinson will start her “dream job” as the Assistant Curator of Community Science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). "I'm looking forward to building upon the amazing work of the museum's...
May 12, 2025
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Rowan on her experience as thirteenth Cal Poly Humboldt Switzer Fellow

“The real magic of the fellowship is the network,” Selena Rowan says. “Fellows have helped me grow my work, and I’ve already been able to support others in return. It has connected me with scholars and professionals across the nation and the globe.”
May 9, 2025
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Chávez speaks on learning cohorts and diversity in the environmental field

Dawn was part of The Outdoor Academy's 30 for 30 Speaker Series, along with Bill McKibben and other inspiring environmental leaders.
May 9, 2025
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Nguyen takes role at Just Cities Institute

The Just Cities Institute advances racial justice in public policy and urban planning through transformative models of participatory and community-based design.
May 9, 2025
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Golden integrates radical collaboration for climate justice into culture at Woodwell Climate

“Despite the weight of this moment, history has shown us that survival depends on working together—and doing it well. Collaboration is not just necessary; it is a liberatory act."
May 9, 2025
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Timnit Kefela: Putting communities at the heart of plastic pollution initiatives

From the production of plastics to their fates as waste or microplastics in the environment, marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by them.
March 31, 2025
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Patterson receives Union of Concerned Scientists Defender award for Black in Environment

Each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) “honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people, including those who have taken a stand to protect science and scientists from political or other...
March 31, 2025