Emerson College Library: Teach-in on Race 2025: Session 3: Environmental Justice 101

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Session 3: Environmental Justice 101: How BIPOC Communities are Adversely Affected by Environmental Impacts and What's Being Done About It

Wednesday, February 5, 3:30-4:30 PM - Little Building, Room 224

This session will introduce attendees to the concept of environmental justice and its specific implications for race. The presenter will provide an overview of the subject, with a specific focus on the history of state-level action to combat environmental racism in Massachusetts.

Presenter
Maria Belen Power, Undersecretary of Environmental Justice & Equity, Healey-Driscoll Administration

Facilitator
Nejem Raheem, Marketing Communication Department Chair and Professor, Emerson College

Related Resources and Further Reflections

MA Environmental Justice Strategy
Created by the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, this strategy describes how all Energy & Environmental Affairs (EEA) agencies in the Commonwealth embed environmental justice into their work. The document includes some history of environmental justice policy in the Commonwealth, including a section on the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Policy, first issued in 2002
Learn About Environmental Justice
This website is EPA’s information hub on environmental justice. Readers can explore the topic within their own EPA region or look at the topic on a national level.
The Environmental Justice Movement (NRDC)
This is NRDC’s environmental justice overview, which includes a rich history of activism around the topic in the United States.

Teach-in on Race 2025

Description

Session 3:  Environmental Justice 101: How BIPOC Communities are Adversely Affected by Environmental Impacts and What's Being Done About It

Related Resources and Further Reflections

Session 3: Environmental Justice 101: How BIPOC Communities are Adversely Affected by Environmental Impacts and What's Being Done About It