Environmental Racism and Biodiversity Conservation in St. Louis

Join the Living Earth Collaborative (LEC) and Washington University in St. Louis at 2 PM CST for a virtual panel and discussion

Led by moderator Dr. Zuleyma Tang-Martínez, Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Local leaders and scholars in urban ecology and environmental law will present on the intersection between environmental racism and biodiversity, followed by an open discussion on how to address structural inequalities in research and outreach.

Our panelists include:

Dr. Kelly Lane-deGraaf - Associate Professor and director of the Center for One Health at Fontbonne University

Sebastian Moreno - Ph.D. student at UMass-Amherst studying urban bird biodiversity and community science

Debbie Njai - Board Vice President of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and founder of Black People Who Hike

Dr. Tara Rocque - Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis

The event will stream live on YouTube HERE