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WK-33:
Environmental justice and ESA: A
vision for research, education, and outreach
Wednesday, August 10, 11:30 AM
- 1:15 PM, Meeting Room 512a, Level 5, Palais des
congrès de Montréal
Fee:
$15 US Dollars per person – includes
Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
Minimum:
10
Maximum: 50
Organizers:
Leanne Jablonski (jablonski@udayton.edu),
Tara Poling, George Middendorf, Charles Nilon
Description:
The
Environmental Justice (EJ) Working Group promotes education and research
initiatives to advance the engagement of ecologists in addressing environmental
injustice. Active in the ESA Education section since 2000, we have coordinated
EJ activities at each ESA Annual Meeting. The ESA Ecological Visions and Women
and Minorities in Ecology Report (WAMIE II) call for actions directly related to
an EJ agenda, such as: engagement in community outreach and research;
partnerships with other projects and organizations engaged in dimensions of EJ
research, education, and outreach; the ongoing call to increase our diversity;
and increasing societal engagement in policy development and implementation. We
will present the draft proposal of the longer-term vision for the EJ work of ESA
that we are developing and invite your feedback. Elements to be discussed
include the following: (1) long-term
planning for growth in advancing EJ; (2) planning ESA Annual Meeting activities
and ongoing scholarly activities to advance EJ; (3) identifying partnership
organizations in environmental education and justice and developing these
partnerships for joint outreach to impact policy and broader societal
engagement; (4) partnering with ESA projects with related goals; (5) developing
activities that link EJ concerns and initiatives to the broader community of
ecologists; (6) developing activities (e.g., a research coordination network)
that link ecologists to the broader EJ community; and (7) securing funds to
support the EJ-related concerns and directions raised by WAMIE II and Ecological
Visions.
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