UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement

With Flood Risk Rising, Can Community-Based Insurance Fill a Gap?

by Kat Kerlin
February 26, 2024

Flood insurance is a safety net people hope never to need. But the net is full of holes, and hope is unreliable. When payments do come, they’re often too little and too late, especially for renters and lower-income communities.

Eight leaders of the program standing in front of a window

UC Davis Environmental Justice Leaders Program

Hosted by: Feminist Research Institute

Seasoned environmental justice professionals working in mobility justice are invited to apply for the 2024 UC Davis Environmental Justice (EJ) Leaders Program.

EJ Leader Diamond Spratling speaks into mic, Sarah McCullough in background

Shining Bright: EJ Leaders for Today and Tomorrow

Celebrate up and coming leaders in environmental justice.

Oct 6, 2023 @ 4:00pm - 6:30pm
The Citizen Hotel
The Citizen Hotel - 926 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Event Details

Group photo of eight Environmental Justice Leaders for 2023. They are wearing professional attire smiling directly into the camera outside.

Community Engaged Research with Environmental Justice Leaders

Join the 2023 Environmental Justice Leaders who are bridging environmental justice and research.

Oct 5, 2023 @ 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Conference Center - 550 Alumni Ln, Davis, CA 95616
Event Details

Headshots (clockwise from top left): Iesha Baldwin, Agustin Bernabe, Katia Carranza, Alec Castellanos, Atena Mena, Diamond Spratling, Zoe Temple, Ciara Thrower

Introducing the Environmental Justice Leaders

by Scott Tsuchitani
May 02, 2023

Environment

The Environmental Justice Leaders program brings leaders working in environmental justice into dialogue and collaboration with the UC Davis research community.

Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs) Campus Meeting

The UC–CSU Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs) is an innovative partnership between the UC and CSU systems and community-based partners, to advance prekindergarten through 12th grade (PK–12) climate and environmental literacy, justice, and action.

The 2021-22 EJ Fellows and leadership team dressed in formal attire standing smiling.

Environmental Justice Fellowship Closing Event

The 2021-22 UC Davis Environmental Justice Fellowship Program is excited to invite you to the closing ceremony of its inaugural year.

Banner of text that says Environmental Justice Leaders Program Accepting Applications with smaller text underneath that says "Connecting research and policy with community need"

Call for Applications: Environmental Justice Leaders Program

Community organizers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country are invited to apply to take part in the second year of the UC Davis Environmental Justice Leaders in Residence Program (formally EJ Fellowship Program).

Man installs solar panel over parking lot

Adopting Low-Carbon Energy Can Reduce Racial Disparities in Air Pollution

by Emily C. Dooley
May 12, 2022

Science & Technology

Switching to low carbon fuels for transportation, cooking, heating, power generation and other needs would help fight climate change and also reduce racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis.

UC Davis Junior Wins Udall Scholarship

May 21, 2021

University News

UC Davis junior Janaé Bonnell's work is featured in significant draft revisions to a state environmental justice tool that identifies communities disproportionately burdened by pollution — and policymakers, stakeholders and others had their eyes on it during the public comment period that just ended.