PA43E:
Science to Action: Using Science for Justice by Building Knowledge, Linking Communities, and Advocating for Change Posters


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Session ID#: 48532

Session Description:
Science and social justice are inextricably linked. Science can advance social justice; community science knowledge supports participation in civic processes and is critical for improving and maintaining quality of life. Evidence-based public safeguards are vital to protecting the health, safety, and well-being of all communities and individuals. Science needs to be guided by social justice - when it is hasn’t been, scientific evidence has been used to justify oppressive actions and disempower people. Finally, science is enriched by social justice and the ethical frame and diverse viewpoints it brings.  This session will explore examples of scientists working with and within the most impacted communities, learning with those communities, and contributing their scientific expertise to social justice issues. The symposium will also share effective context-dependent practices for respectful, mutually beneficial partnerships and approaches for scientists looking to learn from and partner with social justice efforts.
Primary Convener:  Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States and Juan Declet-Barreto, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
6319 Institutions [POLICY SCIENCES]
6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Improving Health in Environmental Justice Communities with Data, Good Food and Water (414621)
Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, United States, Pepper Bowen, The Culinaria Center for Food Law, Policy and Culture, New Orleans, United States, Erin Polka, Boston University School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States and The Culinaria Center for Food Law, Policy and Culture and the Boston University School of Public Health
Partnership for Social Justice in a Neighborhood at a Nexus of Development in Washington, DC: Residents in the Midst of Cement Plants, Construction, an Electrical Power Substation, and a Major Roadway (451487)
Shizuka Hsieh, Trinity Washington University, Chemistry, Washington, DC, United States, Alisha Camacho, Near Buzzard Point Resilient Action Committee, Washington, DC, United States, Rhonda Hamilton, DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D, Washington, DC, United States and Elgloria A Harrison, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, DC, United States
Fighting for air toxics monitoring in “Rubbertown”, Louisville, Kentucky: A community-scientist partnership for environmental justice (435445)
Amy Townsend-Small, University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Eboni Cochran, Rubbertown Emergency Action, Louisville, KY, United States
Manila Bay reclamation and its impacts on the people and environment (435253)
Rodrigo C Eco, National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
Mapping the Missing Millions: A Global Analysis of Informal Settlements and the Geography of Exclusion (Invited) (460885)
Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
The disadvantage of the rural compared to the urban population in earthquake disasters (353331)
Max Wyss, ICES International Centre for Earth Simulation Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland

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