The Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG) at Stanford is an intergenerational collective working to embed environmental justice into our research, teaching, and community-engagement at Stanford. Our EJWG Coordinating Council meets every two weeks. We comprise a dedicated leadership team with faculty, staff, and student co-leads and representatives from 20 different organizational affiliations on campus. We serve a broader community of 600+ members and connect broadly with Bay Area EJ leaders supporting academic-community partnerships.
GET CONNECTED!: If you would like more information, you can reach us at ejwgstanford@gmail.com. You can also connect with us on Facebook and Twitter, as well as join our email listserv. |
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Environmental Justice (EJ) advances a positive vision for actions and policies that fight environmental racism.
This work requires us to center the voices and leadership of marginalized communities in
for all individuals and communities, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, age, ability, and income/wealth. Furthermore, we fight for EJ across a broad range of social and physical environments, including the places where we live, work, play, eat, worship, and learn. |
There are four key component to the Stanford Environmental Justice Working Group's working definition of Environmental Justice (EJ)
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Part of this work involves diversifying our faculty, establishing community research partnerships, and learning from the perspectives of marginalized communities.
EJ approaches are important for building trust with large segments of society that are currently excluded from most environmental decision-making and academic knowledge production. |
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2015
Pre-2015
Stanford alternative spring breaks include EJ issues.
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2015
Winter 2015
Indira Phukan and others begin teaching Shades of Green.
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2016
Spring 2016
EJ Working Group first begins meeting.
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2017
Winter 2017
Paloma Hernandez and others conduct a survey of EJ interests and needs.
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2018
Spring 2018
Darel Scott, Stephanie Fischer and others organize “Earth in Color” event at Stanford Educational Farm
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2018
Fall 2018
Emily Polk and Sibyl Diver co-teach first comprehensive intro to EJ course at Stanford.
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2018
Fall 2018
EJ symposium co-hosted by School of Earth and Haas Center.
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2018
Summer 2018
EJ Working Group engages in Stanford Long Range Planning process.
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2019
Spring 2019
EJ Working Group proposes EJ cluster hire for tenure-track faculty.
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2019
Spring 2019
Students for Environmental and Racial Justice emerges and holds rally to support EJWG's cluster hire demand, as well as other demands
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2020
Spring 2020
EJWG awarded Stanford sustainability seed funding grant
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2020
Fall 2020
EJWG coordinating council formed as a formal governance body.
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2020
Fall 2020
The Intro to EJ teaching team hosts widely accessible EJ colloquium & 3rd annual EJ symposium
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2020
Winter 2020
EJWG leaders call for EJ to be foundational in the new school of sustainability
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Sign the petition to get Stanford to hire EJ faculty
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