EJ @ Stanford Highlights
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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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Why EJ @ Stanford?
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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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Initiative for Environmental Equity and Sustainability at Stanford
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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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