As Metro East communities tackle ongoing environmental challenges, the @EPA’s Environmental Justice Academy in East St. Louis is offering trainings to residents to give them the support to combat these issues.
Don't miss this opportunity – sign up today!
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We are pleased to announce Prof. Bobby Smith II is the third featured SSCC Speaker Series presenter!
Dr. Smith II is an interdisciplinary sociologist and assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The food and #agribusiness sector of today and tomorrow is a dynamic and complex setting of economic and social opportunity, according to Steve Sonka, presenter at the #SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative Speaker Series at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27.
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Get to know our first Speaker Series guest, Yves Doumen, in this video. Born in a farmer family in Africa, Yves uses his skills to help fight food insecurity in the midwest. https://t.co/P0u0IVFGHz
Urban agriculture has the potential to boost access to nutritious food, generate revenue streams, rejuvenate communities, and enhance community power to impact change via social networks.
Today, at @Walmart store #256, my student, a Black woman, was racially profiled by a White employee. After finishing up at self-checkout, the employee approached my student, accused her of not paying for all of her items, and demanded to see her receipt. (1/6)
Academics are usually told to write and talk in a more formal tone for anything they do, but that is exactly what SIUE visiting associate professor Angel Jones is trying to challenge with her book “Street Scholar.”
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#SIUE’s Vice Chancellor for Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Jessica Harris, PhD, has been awarded the Change Create Transform Foundation’s 2022 Humanitarian Award & has been named a @stlouisbiz Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. #SIUEproud https://t.co/qsW171v2wH
SIUE launches a new strategic plan, an action plan with a greater focus on being an engine of social mobility & creating the leaders for an ever-changing workforce. Together, we will define the future of #SIUE. https://t.co/ZatniZEoGf
The inaugural .@npr#nprnextgenradio project sponsored by @stlpublicradio begins Sept 11 and concludes Sept 16.
We're proud to congratulate and announce this seven-member cohort from around greater #stl
Top row, left to right:
Phillip Clark
Britny Cord… https://t.co/xi6KykN7w3