Stanford has gestured toward centering environmental justice for years. The Doerr School needs to make good on those promises.
Read about Stanford’s failure to support environmental justice on campus.
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Stanford, Reproductive Justice isn't a "controversial issue"
EJ is concerned with the environmental quality of life where people live, work, play and pray. Environmental justice (and injustice) is a factor for many people as they decide when and how to grow their families. In this way, reproductive justice is tied to environmental justice. We encourage you to learn more in this op-ed by Tess Hegarty and Jenny Skerker.
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Op-Ed in the Stanford Daily
Solving the sustainability challenges of the 21st century requires actions grounded in equity, collaboration, and positive change for all people and societies—including Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities and other groups made marginalized. We will achieve this goal only by aligning sustainability research and programs at SoSaC with established principles of environmental justice, universal human rights, and UN sustainable development goals; and also by committing to environmental justice (EJ) scholarship in support of university-wide efforts to diversify Stanford’s faculty and students. Full article
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Environmental Justice Working Group
The Stanford Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG) “brings together Stanford students, faculty, staff, and community members seeking to ensure equal access to environmental benefits and prevent the disproportionate impact of environmental harms on behalf of all communities.”
EJWG has been the home for meaningful EJ on campus while administration continues to miss its mark on EJ. Read more on the EJWG website.