Environmental & Social Justice

Fellow Story

Patterson receives Union of Concerned Scientists Defender award for Black in Environment

Each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) “honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people, including those who have taken a stand to protect science and scientists from political or other...
March 31, 2025
Fellow Story

Kirk launches Rent Brigade to track rent-gouging in the wake of the LA fires

Following the Los Angeles fires, Chelsea Kirk launched The Rent Brigade: “a collective of tenant organizers, advocates, web programmers, designers, researchers, and other Angelenos using data to fight back against predatory landlords”...
March 31, 2025
Foundation News

Digital Storytelling for Environmental and Climate Justice

Stories can inspire action and advance narrative change for environmental and climate justice. Discover how digital storytelling can amplify the voices of those directly impacted and build your own skills in this interactive webinar with...
March 20, 2025
Fellow Story

Diezmartinez and Short publish on climate justice imaginaries as tools for evaluation

By offering new “possibilities of policy evaluation” that emerge from climate justice imaginaries in Boston, this paper showcases how visions of the just and unjust city can serve as governing devices to transform policy evaluation practices and advance more just climate futures.
January 30, 2025
Fellow Story

Lewis appointed Agent of Thriving, Climate & Environmental Justice at Ormond Center

In this role, Michelle “leads Ormond’s initiatives in environmental justice, climate care, and food insecurity. She is also Ormond’s ecumenical portfolio coach for Pathways Towards Impact.
January 30, 2025
Fellow Story

Sebastian Moreno: Understanding Barriers, Bringing People to the Natural World

How does inclusivity enhance bird conservation efforts?
December 17, 2024
Leadership Grant Grant

Community-led Groundwater Stewardship and Safe Drinking Water Solutions in California Rural Low-Income Communities

Every year, more than one million Californians face unsafe drinking water from taps in their homes, schools, churches, parks, and community centers. Research by Switzer Fellows Carolina Balazs and Rachel Morello-Frosch has found that water...
November 26, 2024
Leadership Grant Grant

Resilient Roots: Youth Climate Justice Leadership

The Resilient Roots Project lifts up the voices and leadership of middle and high school age youth in taking climate action through digital storytelling and media arts in order to strengthen climate resiliency in communities that stand to...
November 26, 2024
Fellow Story

Abby Cunniff on the Nordic distraction: we need prison closures, abolition, and care

California’s effort to reform prisons is a dead end. What we really need is to close prisons and protect incarcerated people.
November 26, 2024
Fellow Story

Golden leads Climate Justice Committee to sow the seeds for institutional change

Nigel Golden received a 2024 Switzer Leadership Grant to support his position as Climate Justice Specialist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. He reflects on the role’s progress so far, likening it to “watching an ecosystem evolve over time.”
November 26, 2024