Imani Black, faculty research assistant and first-year graduate student at UMCES Horn Point Laboratory, reflects on the class’s first stakeholder engagement meeting while also addressing the difficulty of the conversation surrounding race and environmental justice as a person of color.
Ashley Silver, PhD student at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, discusses environmental injustices seen in predominantly Black communities in the city she calls her new home.
Chelsea Richardson, a Ph.D. student at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, discusses the significance of impacted communities involved in the decision-making processes for environmental justice issues.
Amanda Rockler, a graduate student in the MEES program in the Environment and Society foundation, based in College Park, MD, writes about how the end of the semester is here but the beginning of building an EJ report card has just begun.
Imani Wilburn, a master’s student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, examines coastal flooding as an environmental justice indicator and how it impacts low-income communities and communities of color.
Katrina Kelly, a master’s student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, considers the problem of insufficient empirical environmental justice data and some alternative methods for addressing this challenge.
Shakira Goffe, a master’s student at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, suggests how to bring together two communities she’s a part of to conquer the battle of environmental injustice.
Haoyu Chen, a master’s student at the University of Maryland, College Park, compares the similarities between a business and stages of developing indicators for environmental justice.
Olivia Wolford, a master’s student at the University of Maryland, discusses organized labor as an important stakeholder consideration for environmental justice in the Chesapeake Bay.
