Join the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for this weekly Seminar in Race, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice. This week the seminar will focus on the intersectionality of environmental justice.
Speaker: Robert Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University
Title: The Quest for Environmental, Climate and Racial Justice in the United States.
Climate change, racial injustice, and inequities are deeply intertwined. Colonialism, slavery, and the genocide of indigenous peoples are directly linked to natural resource exploitation, environmental degradation, and global warming. The seminar aims to focus on placing race, gender, and class at the center of discussions of the environment, climate, and equity. The goal is to create an academic space that enables collaborative dialogue, action, and insight for systemic change towards racial equity and understanding within a climate and environment context.
