Environmental & Social Justice

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Golden leads Climate Justice Committee to sow the seeds for institutional change

Nigel Golden received a 2024 Switzer Leadership Grant to support his position as Climate Justice Specialist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. He reflects on the role’s progress so far, likening it to “watching an ecosystem evolve over time.”
November 26, 2024
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Clara Fang asks: who are climate activists and what do they do?

This study explores the demographics of the U.S. climate movement through a survey of 1003 climate activists in the USA, comparing demographics of White and BIPOC activists and their engagement with climate actions.
September 16, 2024
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Black Mammalogists Week uplifts connections and contributions of Diaspora

This celebration of current and aspiring Black mammalogists across the Diaspora exists to support conscious, fruitful connections and illuminate historical and present-day Black contributions to the field of Mammalogy.
September 16, 2024
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Hudson named EJ Disrupt Design Fellow

“It will be an absolute joy to be amongst other disruptors and build a space where we share the burdens of imagining a better movement, world, and future. Our collective resistance to the status quo gives me hope in this precarious moment, and the leaders I am surrounded by inspire me to smile even as we fight.” - AJ Hudson
August 26, 2024
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Clara Fang: Women of Color and the Glass Cliff

Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership.
August 26, 2024
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Roberts-Gregory receives Vanguard Fellowship

The Vanguard Fellowship is “a transformative program designed to nurture the next generation of environmental and conservation leaders of color” and provides six months of professional development related to board service.
August 26, 2024
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Grove reviews how environmental justice and urban ecology interact

The review paper asks how environmental justice and urban ecology have influenced one another over the past 25 years in the context of the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) project.
August 26, 2024
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Hasmik Djoulakian

2024 Fellow
As an organizer and researcher, Hasmik is passionate about supporting food sovereignty movements in California and Armenia. She approaches this work with lenses from both the natural sciences and feminist studies.
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Natasha Frazier

2024 Fellow
Natasha (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) is pursuing a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy with a focus on International Development and Environmental Policy, and International Legal Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is interested in the intersection of federal Indian law, environmental law, and water law.
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Sanjana Paul

2024 Fellow
Sanjana is an engineer, environmental justice researcher, and systems thinker working at the intersection of infrastructure, climate, and technology. She is a PhD student at MIT, where her research focuses on renewable energy, energy justice, and the electric grid. She is the co-founder of Rooted Futures Lab, a research and action collective advancing environmental justice in technology, and Earth Hacks, a nonprofit harnessing hackathons as a form of climate action. Her work has ranged from atmospheric science software engineering at NASA to passing decarbonization policy at the local level. She holds a BS in electrical engineering and physics, and a Master’s in City Planning from MIT.