A couple must-read environmental justice books
Fellows Dr. Carolyn Ramírez and Gabriel Gadsden join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss some eye- and mind-opening books they’ve been reading on environmental justice.
Woke? Intersectional? How names and words matter in environmental justice
Senior fellows Nsilo Berry and Sabah Usmani join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the meaning and impacts of their unique names, and how words and naming impact the environmental justice conversation and movement.
Environmental justice researchers on what it means to be biracial
Senior fellows Dr. Robbie Parks, Jan-Michael Archer and Marissa Chan join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss what is means to be biracial.
Carlos Gould on wildfire smoke and our health
Dr. Carlos Gould joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss his latest research on wildfire smoke’s impact on our health, and how we can protect ourselves.
Sabah Usmani on making cities healthy and just
Sabah Usmani joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of urban planners in tackling environmental injustice.
Jan-Michael Archer on the fight for environmental and workers’ rights
Jan-Michael Archer joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss community-driven science in Alabama’s Black Belt and his role in fighting for workers’ rights at his university.
How Western media could better cover climate change in the Middle East
Laila Gad, a summer intern for the Agents of Change program, and Neeshad Shafi, a climate change advocate and the co-founder of the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar, discuss climate change in the Arab world and the harms of Western media’s reporting on climate change and energy in the Middle East.
Robbie Parks on why hurricanes are getting deadlier
Dr. Robbie Parks joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast for a bonus episode to discuss how hurricanes have become deadlier in recent years and how we can better protect vulnerable communities.
Beauty justice in the LGBTQ+ community
Fellows Marissa Chan and Dr. Denise Moreno Ramírez are joined by Melissa Cordero and Tatiana Diva Blanco on the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss racialized beauty ideals and how to confront them.
Candis Hunter on turning science in action
Dr. Candis Hunter joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss implementation science and how it can turn research in healthy changes for communities.
How becoming a mother changed these researchers
Fellows Dr. Valerisa Joe-Gaddy and Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss what it means to be mothers and health researchers.
Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos on advocating for migrant farmworkers’ rights
Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss why we must advocate for better workplace conditions for the people who grow our food.
