The Imperative of Justice: Incubating Community-Engaged and Indigenous-led Climate Justice Research Partnerships

Please join the MIT Climate Nucleus and the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) for an evening of celebrating and exploring environmental and climate justice work at MIT. 

The event will start by highlighting the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research's (CEEPR) Roosevelt Project and the ESI's newly launched Climate Justice Program. 

Next, we will hear from a special virtual guest, Jay Julius, former Lummi tribal chairman and President of Se'Si'Le. Jay will discuss the important work of Se’Si’Le in ensuring ancestral knowledge informs climate justice conversations across the globe. He will also introduce an exciting new partnership between ESI and Se’Si’Le and their shared vision for future collaboration.    

An interactive discussion session with the audience will follow presentations from the program leaders. We will conclude with a reception for all guests. Small bites and refreshments will be available.

The event is the first of many under the Climate Nucleus’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) grant funding series, “The Imperative of Justice.” The MIT Climate Nucleus is the faculty-led, Institute-wide committee established under Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade to manage the plan’s implementation. One priority theme of the Fast Forward plan is “the imperative of justice.”

The event is open to the public. Please register in advance here.