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Since 1995, our Worker Training Program has provided comprehensive worker training to increase the number of underrepresented and disadvantaged minority adults employed in the fields of environmental restoration, hazardous materials and construction. Apply today for our training program. Space is limited!
Environmental Justice Voice
Check out our mid-year magazine! Explore highlights on community & partner engagement, our Worker Training Program Graduation plus upcoming training opportunities, student engagement, the Conference Recap Report . . .AND MORE!
Championing communities from the fencelines to the frontlines since 1992.
Let Our Joy Be Our Strength: The Power of Coming Together
The 10th Anniversary HBCU Climate Change Conference was a powerful event. In the midst of a myriad of difficult conversations, heartbreaking firsthand accounts of communities in peril, and research and data presentations that often warned of a bleak future for our planet, a collective spirit of resilience, perseverance and JOY prevailed amongst our attendees.
Louisiana Gulf Coast Grantmaking Program (LGCGP)
The LGCGP aims to strengthen the capacity of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in environmental justice communities across coastal Louisiana parishes, helping them address the effects of systemic inequities, climate change, and water quality/water justice challenges.
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Founded in 1992, the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice is dedicated to improving the lives of community members of all ages who are harmed by pollution and vulnerable to climate change, through research and policy studies, community and student engagement to impact policy change, and health and safety training for environmental careers.
We are the FIRST Environmental Justice Center in the nation.
We are the FIRST to use GIS mapping to expose environmental racism.
We are the FIRST to bring a Climate Justice Pavilion to the Blue Zone at COP27.
We are the FIRST to develop the EJ Communiversity Model.
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Last week, a small team from DSCEJ traveled to NYC to participate in Climate week. Dr. Beverly Wright spoke on several panels and shared her expertise on environmental justice, human rights, clean energy, and legal climate challenges. #NYCClimateWeek2025 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
Last week, a small team from DSCEJ traveled to NYC to participate in Climate week. Dr. Beverly Wright spoke on several panels and shared her expertise on environmental justice, human rights, clean energy, and legal climate challenges. #NYCClimateWeek2025 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
Dr. David Padgett's expertise and training has transformed how communities document environmental injustices. “Being able to have access to experts like Professor Padgett, we could use GIS in many more ways than we ever conceived. We could train communities to map their own problems. And ...all that led to the real, hard research that was needed to get government to begin protecting our communities.” - Dr. Beverly Wright on Professor David Padgett. Read the full article >> https://amerisurv.com/2025/09/15/the-pioneering-professor-who-transformed-community-advocacy/
Dr. David Padgett's expertise and training has transformed how communities document environmental injustices. “Being able to have access to experts like Professor Padgett, we could use GIS in many more ways than we ever conceived. We could train communities to map their own problems. And ...all that led to the real, hard research that was needed to get government to begin protecting our communities.” - Dr. Beverly Wright on Professor David Padgett. Read the full article >> Link in bio
"My message to the leaders is the same message I have for the expansion of petrochemical industries, and the expansion of false solutions in our areas.
This is not good for Louisiana.
So if you say you love Louisiana and its people, then why do you keep doing things that ...destroy our quality of life?"- Dr. Beverly Wright.
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Dr. Beverley Wright discusses the critical fight for environmental and climate justice in the Deep South. She highlights how the same fence-line...
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