September 2019

Mapping Environmental Jusice

This workshop is for everyone interested in topic such as community development, politics, racism, civil rights, industrialism, food security, or environmental discrimination. Spatial relationships help to define factors that diminish social equity, environmental safety, and ultimately, quality of life. Mapping Environmental Justice offers perspectives from invited speakers who will share their scholarly work surrounding the intersection of the environment and equity, as well as opportunities for participants to learn story mapping, and spatial data availability.

IDF Information Session

Are you a graduate student interested in applying for an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship? Join us for a brown-bag info session with five of the University’s IDF-sponsoring Centers and Institutes:

IAS Thursdays Spotlight Series | Artistic Perspectives on Environmental Justice

Artists in all art forms facilitate important cultural work within communities, especially those affected by climate change or environmental issues that intersect with identity and economics. Often artists are uniquely qualified to see unexpected solutions to problems and to create perspectives to help people understand challenging ideas.

IAS Thursdays Spotlight Series | Grasping at the Root: Intersectionality and Environmental Justice

“Environmental justice” and “intersectionality” arguably have been two of the most popular buzzwords in social science research in recent years. Both concepts are rooted in radical Black traditions, environmental justice in anti-racist community organizing in the U.S.’s South, and intersectionality in Black feminist legal scholarship. Both concepts have traveled significantly from their original respective homes and have been used to examine issues ranging from fatphobia to climate change.