Seminars in Environmental Justice (2021)

The seminar series is a component of a new class at UC Berkeley called “Riskscapes and Environmental Justice: Implications for Advancing Scientific Methods and Policy-making.” The course examines scientific methods, analytical approaches, and regulatory strategies to advance environmental justice. It examines structural determinants of environmental health disparities and provide frameworks for evaluating the equity implications of environmental policies and programs. 

Register for the series at Zoom:
https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ufu2hrDMrHdwbT8bl93UOFY38PZm2QRQJ

FRIDAYS 10.10am PST; 1.10 pm EST, Biweekly

For questions about the seminar series, please contact Chakriya Srey, cjsrey@berkeley.edu

Schedule

DATELECTURESPEAKER(S)
Jan 29 LINKS BETWEEN EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGICAL HEALTHChris Schell (UC Berkeley, ESPM)
Feb 12FRAMING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DECISION MAKING: THE STRUGGLE OVER CUMULATATIVE IMPACTS POLICY Devon Payne Sturges/Univ Maryland, Associate Professor, Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH)
Feb 26COMMUNITY / POLICY ENGAGED RESEARCH TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEJulian Brave Noisecat, Data for Progress
Mar 12ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OF BEAUTY: TARGET MARKETING OF PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR. IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH DISPARITIESBhavna Shamasunder, Occidental College, Associate Professor and Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy; Co-Chair, Public Health
Mar 26SPRING BREAK
Apr 2HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER: GOVERNANCE, QUALITY, AND ACCESSCharisma Acey, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
Apr 16FOOD PRODUCTION, TOXIC TRESPASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEElizabeth Hoover, ESPM
Apr 30COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: THRIVING IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE DISASTERSAmee Raval, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Sponsors and Organizers

Sponsored by the Division of Environmental Health Sciences and the Superfund Research Program, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Organizers: Rachel Morello-Frosch, Martyn Smith and Chakriya Srey

Seminars in Environmental Justice (2022)

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