The Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative fosters community-driven research for social and environmental justice. We conduct research and provide training, resources, and networking to support community-driven research partnerships for environmental justice among community organizations, Santa Clara University faculty and students, and other academic institutions in Northern California and Jesuit higher education. The Initiative is uniquely positioned to contribute research, training, and networking to: - Strengthen environmental justice in the Silicon Valley and South Bay. - Build stronger links between Catholic social ministry and grassroots environmental justice organizations. - Spread a community-driven, participatory approach to environmental justice research among Jesuit higher education institutions in the United States and globally.
External link for Environmental Justice & Common Good Initiative
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, California 95053, US
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Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment is honored to host this amazing conference at Gonzaga University this November. Register today!
Join this year's COLUMBIA RIVER TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS SYMPOSIUM 2024 in person in Spokane, Wahington.
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Check out our latest open access article in American Antiquity. In collaboration with members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and scholars from Stanford and San Jose State University, we assess the potential of archival documents to expand how archaeologists approach the study of Native autonomy during and after the collapse of the California mission system.
SCU is hiring an Assistant Professor in Race, Justice, and the Environment! Apply by Sept 16. https://lnkd.in/gD3p2h3E #EnvironmentalJustice #academicjobs
Check out this podcast on community-engaged research for environmental justice from Just Solutions with the Initiative's Chad Raphael.
On the next episode of The Just Solutions Podcast, hear from the authors of "Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice," which offers a comprehensive guide for conducting impactful research and amplifying community voices. Martha, Chad, and Carolina discuss the book's objectives, the unique value of community-engaged research, and its critical role in advancing justice, public participation, and policy advocacy. Listen in for practical advice and inspiring examples of how this approach is driving meaningful change. Tune in on Monday, August 12th! Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, and iHeart Radio 🎧
This a great opportunity with a great team.
Academics & Engagement Program Manager, Center for Sustainability at Santa Clara University | EdD Student in Educational Sustainability at UWSP
Come work with me! The SCU Center for Sustainability is hiring a new Communications & Reporting Manager! Join our team and contribute to a culture of sustainability at Santa Clara University through impact communications and strategic planning. Looking for 3 years of experience for this learning and growth-oriented full-time professional staff position. Candidates who apply by August 5th will receive priority consideration. Please spread the word about this opportunity!
Excited to share this opportunity for a media studies scholar.
Santa Clara University's Department of Communication seeks an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Media Studies. 📍 Location: Santa Clara, CA 🌟About the Role: We seek a teacher-scholar who engages in innovative, theory-driven research and teaching in areas such as media effects and uses, media representations, media equity and social justice, persuasion, media psychology, media stereotypes, or identity construction, among other media-related topics. We are particularly interested in a colleague who addresses these topics with a focus on US-based Latino/a/x/e or Black experiences and whose research primarily uses quantitative social science methodologies. 📅 Application Deadline: Application must be received by September 6, 2024🌟 #HigherEdJobs #MediaStudies #AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition #TenureTrack
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See the full call for papers at https://bit.ly/MDPI-Papers https://lnkd.in/gRtcA-Tc https://lnkd.in/gCbfqfJK https://lnkd.in/g-8pHgPw MDPI
Join us for a one-day conference on PFAS sources and shallow groundwater contamination near tribally managed lands in California. Explore opportunities for joint work to characterize the issues and develop solutions. Register at bit.ly/PFASreg, and see the full program at bit.ly/PFASprogram. Speakers include Otakuye Conroy-Ben (Oglala Lakota, Arizona State University, PFAS issues on tribal lands nationally), Toki Fillman (California Department of Public Health, Biomonitoring California: PFAS data in California), Seigi K. (University of California, Berkeley, Mapping PFAS sources in California), Daniel Beene (University of New Mexico, Mapping water quality, Navajo Water GIS), Charlie Toledo (Towa, Executive Director, Suscol Intertribal Council), Gregg Castro (T’Rowt’Raahl Salinan/ Rumsien-Ramaytush Ohlone, Culture Director, The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone), Shaun Livermore, PO (Operations Manager, Poarch Band of Creek Indians), James Sarmento (Shasta, Executive Director of Cultural Resources, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians), Zachary Gigone (Environmental Scientist, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians), Cintia Cortez (Assistant Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta), Spencer Fern (Delta Science Program Manager, Restore the Delta), and Stephanie Safdi (Stanford University, Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic). Moderated by Iris Stewart-Frey (Santa Clara University, Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative), Clare Pace (UC Berkeley, Water Equity Science Shop), Daniel Beene (University of New Mexico), and Tedde Simon (Tribal Liaison, UC Berkeley).
Proud of the Initiative's Iris Stewart-Frey and SCU colleague Jake Dialesandro for their research supporting this complaint.
California’s Human Right to Water Act establishes the state policy that every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water. Despite this law, nitrates from fertilizer application in farming communities contaminate thousands of drinking water wells. Complainant groups, some of whom are represented by CRLA, allege that the State Water Board has acted to prevent the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board from placing enforceable fertilizer limits in agricultural permits. According to an analysis by Santa Clara University scientists, groundwater in the Central Coast region is 4.4 times more likely to contain nitrate levels above state drinking water standards in Latino communities as compared to non-Latino communities. Nitrate levels in Latino communities are also likely to be almost 150% higher than those in mostly white communities. Environmental justice is social justice. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/g6KyrQmq Map Data Source: Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program and CalEnviroScreen Data (OEHHA) #EnvironmentalJustice #SocialJustice #CleanWaterForAll
The Initiative's Jesica Siham Fernández has been named a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Her project, Youth Making a Change, is a transnational study of climate justice activists' sociopolitical development. The goal of her project is to examine how youth are involved in organizing sustainable climate action in the United States and the European Union. During her short-term Fulbright fellowship, Jesica will study youth activists in Florence, Italy. What youth think about climate change—and its connections to issues such as poverty, poor health, and forced migration due to environmental disasters, for example—matters because it can explain why youth enact their politics, and how youth embody their citizenship as members of the polity. Transnational organizations in the US and the EU can develop appropriate policies and interventions to support climate adaptation for sustainability, environmental health, and global democratic thriving. Jesica's scholarly project will offer implications to advance climate justice, document youth citizenship, and foster US-EU transnational collaborations of political accountability for climate action. #ClimateChange #YouthActivism