February is Water Awareness Month!

Atlanta is one of the largest municipalities on one of the smallest watersheds in the nation. We are a region of droughts and floods, coupled with old sewer infrastructure and high water rates. Going forward, efforts to use water more consciously will require commitment from students, faculty, staff, visitors and others – and that commitment will make a difference locally for years to come.

Environmental Justice Now: Houston

Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Houston on September 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch it … Continue Reading →

ENVS Fall Seminar Series

"Everything is All Connected - Air Quality, Climate Change and Soil Contamination” Eri Saikawa,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 570769

Environmental Justice Now: New Mexico

Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in New Mexico on September 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →

Environmental Justice Now: Los Angeles

Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Los Angeles on September 15th at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →

Let Your Voice Be Heard: How, When, and Why To Vote

Join GeorgiaForward and Georgia Municipal Association on September 15 at 6pm for Let Your Voice Be Heard: How, When, and Why To Vote featuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Carter Center Chair Jason Carter, and Professor Andra Gillespie of Emory University with a U.S. Census reminder from Janet Lee. Register to join here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6061540943127355919

The Emory University Center for Ethics presents Ibram X. Kendi

The Emory University Center for Ethics is pleased to present the inaugural James W. Fowler Ethics Lecture, featuring New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi on How To Be An Antiracist. Please join us on Wednesday September 16th, 2020 at 4pm as Dr. Kendi addresses our individual responsibility to create a more just and equitable society. Register today at www.engage.emory.edu/Kendi and see … Continue Reading →

ENVS Fall Seminar Series

"Preventing Pandemics and Saving Species: Disease Ecology is Where Biodiversity Conservation and Global Health Collide " Tom Gillespie,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 476502

Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice Series

Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice is a series of online conversations, featuring guest speakers on a range of topics, and launched by a short play. Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice will take place one Sunday a month from 5 to 7:00pm through September. Please join us September 20, as we talk frankly about race equity … Continue Reading →