From the fencelines to the frontlines since 1992
After growing up in what we call, “Cancer Alley,” Dr. Beverly Wright set out on her journey as a renown scholar and professor of Sociology, and 30+ years later, the founding of the FIRST environmental justice resource center in the US.
Environmental Justice Data Action Portal
Every Zip code reveals a story about
environmental burden.
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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 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 ...
Recognizing that communities along the Gulf Coast Region are collectively exposed to but uniquely challenged by climate change, DSCEJ aims to positively contribute to equitable water management decisions in the region.Project OverviewThe predicted effects of climate change being severest on ...
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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