October 8, 2021 | Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali Adapting to climate change is not a question for the distant future. Communities are facing the impacts of a changing climate today. Growing floodplains, wildfire seasons, extreme weather, and unfamiliar vector-borne diseases...
Webinars
Transformation of Transportation: Can it be Green and Just?
Dr. Sacoby Wilson and Dr. Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura discuss the radical and just transformation of the transportation system needed to protect our health.
The Racial Trauma of Climate Change
August 13, 2021 | Dr. Annelle Primm As many of you know, historical displacement, disenfranchisement, and exploitation have put many communities of color in the direct path of the climate crisis. Climate change magnifies the underlying stressors of racism and poverty...
Who Do You Call? Climate Disasters In Environmental Justice Communities
July 9, 2021 | Hilton Kelley & Jacqueline Patterson All too often the same inequities that plague our economic system are apparent in disaster preparation and response. Lower-resourced communities – while often on the frontlines of disaster – have less access to...
How Food and Water Policies Fail Communities of Color
Dr. Mark Mitchell and Julian Gonzalez discuss how climate change is already impacting access to healthy, safe, and affordable food and water across the United States.
Protecting Public Health: Urban and Rural Heat Resilience Strategies
Dr. Cheryl Holder and Jeannie Economos discuss how to protect health and build equity through urban and rural heat resilience.