The School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) Seminar Series and the Center for Ethics and Human Values welcome Rev. Marcia Dinkins, Ohio IPL and Black Women Rising and Rev. Jack Sullivan, Jr., DMin., DD., for a panel discussion "Racial Reckoning and the Environmental Movement" on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 4:10 pm via Zoom.
Thelma Velez, School of Environment and Natural Resources will moderate the discussion.
Visit the SENR Seminar Series page to register
When considering environmental racism, this panel addresses toxicity beyond just natural resources (e.g. lead in soil and water or VOCs and particulate matter in air). Toxic environments occur in diverse ways and plant seeds in the cultural environment that perpetuate and further elongate social and systemic injustice. Over the past few months, students within SENR and Ohio State more broadly have pressed the administration and faculty to address issues of racial equity, institutionalized discrimination, and social injustice. This panel was developed to hold space for the uncomfortable conversations that must occur within and without the SENR community if we wish to create a truly inclusive environment for environmental professionals.