Conference: 9th Annual HBCU Climate Education Conference

会议：第九届 HBCU 气候教育年度会议

• 批准号: 2329530
• 负责人: Beverly Wright
• 金额: $ 9.95万
• 依托单位: SOUTHERN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INC., DEEP SOUTH CENTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 9th; Annual; HBCU; Climate

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.

深南环境正义中心将与德克萨斯南方大学布拉德环境和气候正义中心合作，与三十二 (32) 所传统黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 以及十五 (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年度 HBCU 气候教育会议。该会议解决了黑人对气候教育的巨大需求。 HBCU 学生在气候科学学术领域的代表性不足，但作为最容易受到气候影响的社区成员的比例却很高。该会议是一次独一无二的全国性聚会，HBCU 的学生和教师、社区组织、气候和环境科学家、绿色企业企业家和环境正义倡导者齐聚一堂，探讨气候科学以及气候对脆弱和边缘化社区的不成比例的影响。今年已是第九届，会议继续呼吁 HBCU 学生采取行动，参与气候科学领域的教育、研究和知情决策。第九届年度 HBCU 气候教育会议旨在通过将 HBCU 教职员工和学生、研究人员、气候科学家、环境正义和受有毒物质影响的沿海社区居民聚集在一起，弥合理论与气候影响的经验现实之间的差距。 设施和恶劣天气事件。会议的主要目的有四个：（1）向HBCU学生介绍气候科学； (2) 让学生参与遭受气候影响的墨西哥湾沿岸社区； (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互动、学习。会议致力于在学术界和弱势群体之间建立协同作用；帮助解决与沿海地区和港口城市气候影响相关的长期或新出现的挑战，这些挑战可能因海上石油和天然气作业以及自然灾害而加剧；培养领导力和沟通技巧、科学素养以及参与 HBCU 学生的能力。该项目由 NSF 地球科学多样性领导机会计划 (GOLD-EN) 和历史黑人学院和大学本科生计划 (HBCU-UP) 共同资助，该计划提供奖项以加强 HBCU 的 STEM 本科教育和研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命和 通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，该项目被认为值得支持。