Conference: 9th Annual HBCU Climate Education Conference

深南环境正义中心将与德克萨斯南方大学布拉德环境与气候正义中心合作，与32所传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）以及15个社区组织合作，于2023年10月11日至15日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举办第九届HBCU年度气候教育会议。这次会议解决了HBCU学生对气候教育的重大需求，这些学生在气候科学奖学金方面的代表性很大，但作为最易受气候影响的社区成员，他们的代表性却很高。这次会议是一次独一无二的全国性聚会，汇集了HBCU的学生和教师、社区组织、气候和环境科学家、绿色商业企业家和环境正义倡导者，讨论气候科学和气候对脆弱和边缘化社区的不成比例的影响。今年是该会议举办的第九个年头，它继续呼吁hbcu的学生采取行动，参与气候科学领域的教育、研究和知情决策。第9届年度HBCU气候教育会议旨在通过将HBCU教师和学生，研究人员，气候科学家，环境正义和受有毒设施和恶劣天气事件影响的沿海社区居民聚集在一起，弥合气候影响理论与经验现实之间的差距。会议的主要目的有四个方面：(1)向HBCU学生介绍气候科学；(2)让学生参与墨西哥湾沿岸经历气候影响的社区；(3)通过展示研究成果，让学生参与专业实践；(4)与该领域的专业专家进行互动和学习。会议努力在学术界和弱势群体之间创造协同作用；有助于解决沿海地区和港口城市气候影响方面的长期或新出现的挑战，这些挑战可能因海上油气作业和自然灾害而加剧；培养学生的领导能力、沟通能力、科学素养和参与能力。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的地球科学多样性领导机会计划（GOLD-EN）和历史上的黑人学院和大学本科计划（HBCU-UP）共同资助，该计划为加强hbcu的STEM本科教育和研究提供奖励。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice will partner with The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, in collaboration with thirty-two (32) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and fifteen (15) community-based organizations, to host the 9th Annual HBCU Climate Education Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11-15, 2023. The Conference addresses the significant need for climate education for HBCU students who are largely under-represented in scholarship on climate science but over-represented as members of communities most vulnerable to climate impacts. The Conference is a one-of-a-kind national gathering that brings together HBCU students and faculty, community-based organizations, climate and environmental scientists, green business entrepreneurs, and environmental justice advocates in sessions that explore climate science and disproportionate climate impacts on vulnerable and marginalized communities. Now in its ninth year, the Conference continues to serve as a call to action for students at HBCUs to become engaged in education, research and informed decision-making in the field of climate science.The 9th Annual HBCU Climate Education Conference aims to bridge the gap between theory and the experiential realities of climate impacts by bringing together HBCU faculty and students, researchers, climate scientists, and environmental justice and coastal community residents impacted by toxic facilities and severe weather events. The major purpose of the Conference is four-fold: (1) introduce HBCU students to climate science; (2) engage students with Gulf Coast communities experiencing climate impacts; (3) engage students in the practice of the profession through the presentation of research findings; and (4) interact with and learn from professional experts in the field. The Conference strives to create synergy between academia and vulnerable communities; contribute to addressing chronic or emerging challenges related to climate impacts in coastal regions and port cities that can be exacerbated by offshore oil and gas operations and natural disasters; and foster the development of leadership and communication skills, competencies in science literacy, and capabilities of participating HBCU students.This project is co-funded by NSF's Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity Program (GOLD-EN) and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), which provides awards to strengthen STEM undergraduate education and research at HBCUs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.