Poster Abstracts

University of Wisconsin-Madison
College of Letters and Science

Education and Outreach in Environmental Justice

A project was begun in January 2003 to create an education and outreach program in Environmental Justice (EJ) to study issues at the intersection of poverty, race, and environmental pollution. Specific activities have included a summer field course for college students and high school teachers, service learning opportunities through partnerships and connections with community organizations, grants to teachers to develop curricula, and a speaker program to bring EJ scholars to campus. Through these initiatives, students become engaged in their learning by experiencing first hand that injustices, inequities, and racism exist in our society.