Internship Opportunity
DSCEJ is now accepting applications for the 2025 HBCU Environmental Justice and Climate Corps Internship.
Application deadline is April 1, 2025
10th Anniversary HBCU Climate Change Conference
Get ready for an unforgettable experience! The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, in collaboration with the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, is thrilled to announce the 10th Anniversary HBCU Climate Change Conference, happening in-person in New Orleans from March 5 to 9, 2025!
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.
Fighting for communities from the fencelines to the frontlines since 1992.
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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.
At the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, we know that people of color living along the Louisiana Mississippi River Chemical Corridor and in the broader Gulf Coast Region are the experts in their communities and the best advocates for catalyzing environmental, social, and economic ...justice.
We have developed a community partnership model called “Communiversity,” which combines the lived experience of community leaders with the knowledge, theories, and concepts of academia in order to create more effective policy and research. By bringing these two together in a non-threatening environment, we believe that more progress can be made on the path to environmental equity.
Through our work, we empower communities by providing training on monitoring environmental hazards, developing strategic policy, and much more.
To learn more about the Communiversity model, go to: dscej.org/communiversity/
At the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, we know that people of color living along the Louisiana Mississippi River Chemical Corridor and in the broader Gulf Coast Region are the experts in their communities and the best advocates for catalyzing environmental, social, and economic ...justice.
We have developed a community partnership model called “Communiversity,” which combines the lived experience of community leaders with the knowledge, theories, and concepts of academia in order to create more effective policy and research. By bringing these two together in a non-threatening environment, we believe that more progress can be made on the path to environmental equity.
Through our work, we empower communities by providing training on monitoring environmental hazards, developing strategic policy, and much more.
To learn more about the Communiversity model, go to: dscej.org/communiversity/
A win for Environmental Justice!
Within days of the new administration taking office, they began to dismantle critical #EnvironmentalJustice tools created by federal agencies that aggregate data on elements such as air quality, community’s economic and environmental risk, income, asthma ...prevalence, proximity to environmental toxins, and more.
A coalition of data scientists called Public Environmental Data Partners immediately got to work and began archiving these databases to ensure the important information from these tools was not lost.
As of today, they have archived 37 EJ databases and have already duplicated and made public copies of the Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index and Environmental Justice Index, and EPA’s Council on Environmental Quality EJScorecard.
A win for Environmental Justice!
Within days of the new administration taking office, they began to dismantle critical #EnvironmentalJustice tools created by federal agencies that aggregate data on elements such as air quality, community’s economic and environmental risk, income, asthma ...prevalence, proximity to environmental toxins, and more.
A coalition of data scientists called Public Environmental Data Partners immediately got to work and began archiving these databases to ensure the important information from these tools was not lost.
As of today, they have archived 37 EJ databases and have already duplicated and made public copies of the Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index and Environmental Justice Index, and EPA’s Council on Environmental Quality EJScorecard.
One word: Inspired.
This weekend, we closed out the 10th Anniversary #HBCUClimateChange Conference.
Over the course of five days, we were inspired and filled with hope in action as the next generation of #EnvironmentalJustice leaders came together in New Orleans.
We ...heard from numerous HBCU student panels spanning topics like energy justice, green infrastructure, community resilience, and advocacy. Student poster sessions on Friday and Saturday showcased the innovative research of high school, college, and graduate students who are passionate about the environment, community health, and justice.
As Dr. Robert Bullard said in his closing remarks, “We must continue to roll up our sleeves and get to work.”
To read more about the conference visit: dscej.org/ccc-2025/
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