Environmental & Social Justice

Millions of poultry died and thousands of pigs and their waste was washed into local waterways by the millions of gallons, with negative impacts for the health of environmental justice communities and local ecosystems.

Assessing the air quality and environmental equity benefits for accelerated use of diesel particle filter and selective catalytic reduction systems on heavy-duty diesel trucks.

Candice Youngblood has received a Skadden Fellowship to advance equitable transportation planning centered on the economic resilience and health of California’s low-income communities of color through regulatory and policy advocacy and litigation with Earthjustice. She first joined Earthjustice’s Los Angeles office as a litigation assistant in 2015 and returned as a Skadden Fellow in 2021.

Rowan Institute and ReclaimingSTEM, two organizations led by Switzer Fellows focused on scientific leadership and community building, have merged together into a new organization: ReclaimingSTEM Institute.

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has released a policy brief entitled Driverless Jobs: Autonomous Vehicles & A Just Transition for Black Drivers, authored by Regan Patterson. This report:

A new paper by Grant Gutierrez, The Double Force of Vulnerability, reviews ethnographic literature of environmental justice (EJ).

Melissa Cronin and Erika Zavaleta led an effort at UC Santa Cruz to compile a toolkit of resources for academic departments to use in addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Regan Patterson has been recruited as one of three inaugural professors in UCLA Samueli's Mentor Professor Program. The program is a new initiative "designed to hire faculty with a demonstrated record of, or who show exceptional promise for, mentorship of students from underrepresented and underserved populations."