Community Science Collaborator Ernest Dixon (Metro Atlanta Urban Farm) shares his experience with racism and its role on his everyday life as a young man.
Marilu Fretts
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It is critically important for minoritized communities co-lead science projects. Communities are strong! Communities are made of people who care about the wellbeing of their community and who know what’s best for them. Communities historically excluded from the sciences are more than capable of engaging in science, if institutions create […]
What happens when STEM research and programming is led directly and equitably by community leaders? The NOISE Pollution Project! Please check out, share, and VOTE for our video https://stemforall2020.videohall.com/p/1891 where a team of Community Researchers representing communities historically excluded from the sciences, in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, share a different perspective and approach for doing […]
Project Advisor Mathias Basner shared the link to the news article “Conifer is top tree in urban sound absorption test”: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52139333 The article, published on BBC News by Environment reporter Mark Kinver, reports the findings of a group of scientists about the role of trees in mitigating urban noise pollution. […]