Back to Schedule - 2024
Day 3 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
9:00am - 9:50am
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1woab72HeX-3TxA_9hUwfxU9sijsp2_6E/edit#slide=id.p1
Dr. John E. Williams, an Urban Historian and Geographer rooted in Harlem and the South, directs Student Affairs and DEI for Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Columbia. His teaching spans Geographies of Environmental Justice & Sustainability, and he advises the Columbia HBCU Fellowship Program. With a background in historical and geographical research, he has held roles at institutions like Florida A&M University, Albany State University, Georgia State University and CUNY Medgar Evers College. Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. in History and M.S. in Geosciences from Georgia State University. He is also a Teachers College Alum (HPSE ‘19) and is a Columbia Alumni Association Fellow in the M.S. in Journalism at Columbia Journalism School.
https://people.climate.columbia.edu/users/profile/john-williams
In this workshop we will examine links between structural racism and the climate crisis and we’ll explore strategies for effectively communicating these inequities in our respective educational contexts.
Environmental Justice NYC (EJNYC)
Defining Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism
Foundational Texts:
Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America