Applied for and received $6782 in Green Fund support to make Environmental Justice an official project of the CEC. This primarily included wages for two student leaders for the 2019-20 academic year.
Held weekly working group meetings to develop a mission, vision, goals, and more.
Hosted an Environmental Justice panel with campus and community leaders in the field.
Started a Facebook page to communicate with students interested in Environmental Justice.
Hosted Indigenous People’s Week with Native American Indigenous People’s Collective
Met with Dr. Pavithra Vasudevan and Dr. Bjorn Sletto to discuss curriculum changes
Spring 2020
Hosted an Ecofeminist Film Night
Started a Plant Justice social media campaign with Microfarm
Fall 2020
Recruited new volunteer student members
Hosted an event, Labor and the Environment in the Fashion Industry to highlight the problematic aspects of the fashion industry
Co-hosted a podcast discussion with Microfarm on Indigenous Agriculture in honor of Indigenous People’s day
Co-hosted an educational event with Green Events on waste and environmental justice
Created a course list to highlight classes that cover social justice topics and/or BIPOC cultures
Created and presented an introductory environmental justice to two environmental science FIGS and Half-Pint’s All of the Above
Received over 100 responses to our social justice in the classroom survey
Started conversations on curriculum change with faculty and staff in the Environmental Science department and the Geography and the Environment department
Spring 2021
Met with Geography and the Environment department who were interested in proposing a new environmental justice course
Worked with Students Fighting Climate Change and Student Government to author and present on a Joint Resolution calling for more social justice in the curriculum
Co-hosted an educational discussion with SFCC on what divestment movements entail and previous divestment movements
Co-hosted a podcast discussion with Microfarm on black land ownership
Hosted an educational discussion on the increasing trend in migration due to climate change
Co-hosted a discussion with ADPAC on the Texas Snowstorm and relating themes of environmental justices to the BFI recycling plant
Co-hosted a discussion with Half-Pint Prairie on Indigenous land sovereignty
Presented on environmental justice for a Green Greeks meeting
Conducted an environmental advocacy workshop for a CEC campfire
Fall 2021
Onboarded a new co-lead!
Presented to CEC Leadership about what environmental justice should look like in the CEC
Created 7 team member positions and recruited members
Hosted an education discussion, Traditional Caretakers of the Land with 11 attendees
Presented to Resource Recovery Interns on the basics of environmental justice and how EJ ties in with waste management
Presented to an Environmental Science FIG in-person on the basics of environmental justice
Presented at the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education on EJC’s curriculum work
Hosted and advertised a 2-week sign up period where 758 UT students signed up for a menstrual cup
Tabled on speedway and west mall as well as with UT Farmstand to promote Red Alert and raise awareness of EJC’s work
Hosted a CEC Campfire with a speaker from the HERS project on sustainable menstruation and period poverty with 19 attendees
Hosted the first EJC volunteer event with Wholesome Generation, 16 attendees
Hosted a discussion about EJ pertaining to India with Leaders of Environmental Awareness and Protection, 17 attendees
Met with team members 3 times to onboard and give updates/future steps both in-person and on zoom
Advised the Diversity and Inclusion Officer from the University of Pittsburgh on general goals for EJ and curriculum work
Created a new recommended course list for Spring 2022 registration
Gained 144 followers since Sep 8, 29% increase in followers since Sep 16
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