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.
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateWeek

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Dr. Beverley Wright on environmental justice

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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What We Do

We DEVELOP an environmental careers workforce.

We CULTIVATE Community Leaders.

We INSPIRE scholars and community leaders.

We IMPROVE the lives of EJ communities.

Featured Initiatives

Air Monitoring

Air Monitoring

Measuring What Matters: Empowering Communities Through Air MonitoringTo hold polluters and officials accountable for continued toxic emissions, DSCEJ empowers stakeholders to engage more effectively in air monitoring. Through our funding partnerships with EPA, the Environmental Defense Fund ...
Environmental Justice Storytellers Project

Environmental Justice Storytellers Project

Environmental Justice Storytellers ProjectHigh school students representing five states in the Gulf Coast region take on the roles of climate journalists, partnering with regional experts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM) and environmental and climate justice ...
Gulf Water Justice Strategic Planning Project

Gulf Water Justice Strategic Planning Project

The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), in collaboration with Texas Southern University (TSU), is undertaking a strategic planning process to design the Gulf Water Justice Project and the Water Justice Training Institute. Recognizing that communities along the Gulf Coast ...
HBCU Climate Change Consortium

HBCU Climate Change Consortium

Dr. Beverly Wright and Dr. Robert Bullard founded the HBCU Climate Change Consortium in 2011 to sponsor activities that provide opportunities for HBCU students to learn about climate change science, policy and advocacy and to present their research projects on topics relative to climate change ...

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