An insightful discussion in which Beth Gardiner, environmental journalist, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland, Dr. Kimberly Terrell, Tulane University, Dr. Neelakshi Hudda, Tufts University, and Dr. Leo Trasande, NYU School of Medicine, explore the link between the coronavirus, air-pollution, and environmental justice communities. Other topic included: environmental racism, environmental health, environmental pediatrics, airports and air pollution, and environmental slavery.
Read More2020-2021 Colloquium Series: Racism, Disparities, and Environmental Health. Dr. Sacoby Wilson of the University of Maryland School of Public Health will speak on “The Outcry for Social, Racial, and Environmental Health: Can Science and Community-Engaged Research Answer the Call?”
Read MoreModerator: Dr. Shelley Francis, Co-founder/Principal, EVNoire/EVHybridNoire Panelist: Angela Tin | VP of Environmental Health, American Lung Association Dr. Sacoby Wilson | Associate Professor, Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland Dr. Marshall Shepherd | Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography, University of Georgia
Read MoreZoom event featuring Dr. Sacoby Wilson and Joseph Gularraga from UMD Public Health discussing the results of research on nitrate contamination performed right here in Sussex County and throughout the state.
Read MoreThis is part 2 of "Evenings with Environmentalists," an informal speaker series, hosted by JHU Office of Sustainability and Homewood Recycling, that addresses the impacts of important environmental issues through the lens of environmental justice. During this event, we explored the intersection of environmental justice and public health from researchers working on the issue. This event was an intimate conversation with JHU alumni Yukyan Lam, public health scientist at the Natural Resource Defense Council, and Dr. Sacoby Wilson, associate professor at the MD Institute for Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland.
Read MoreA Roundtable discussion with Rabbi Nina Cardin, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Riverkeeper Fred Tutman, Senator Mary Washington, and Delegate Sara Love.
This Deep Dive webinar discussion is led by three experts who are nationally-known for their advocacy and successful implementation of green infrastructure projects. Christine Conn is the Landscape Conservation Planner for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. She is especially recognized for successfully engaging diverse stakeholders in innovative green infrastructure projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Sacoby Wilson directs the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health Laboratory. His views on exposure science, environmental justice and environmental health disparities — based on crowd science and community-based participatory research — are especially pertinent to successful green infrastructure projects in frontline communities. Finally, Will Allen, who oversees the Conservation Leadership Network, is an expert on green infrastructure and conservation GIS.
Read MoreEnvironmental Justice Webinar hosted by St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 23, 2021.
Read MoreOn September 12, the NC State Citizen Science Campus hosted the 2020 Citizen Science & Higher Education Symposium. Learn more about this event and this particular session: https://blog.scistarter.org/2020/10/n...
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This episode of Warm Regards focuses on the intersections, but also the disconnects, between environmental justice and climate justice movements. First, Jacquelyn and Ramesh talk with Dr. Sacoby Wilson about his work with communities throughout the United States who are facing the consequences of environmental racism, and his beliefs that scientists’ publications are not enough to enact meaningful change for communities struggling with environmental injustice.
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