July 9–11, 2025 · Houston, TX
Julia Ideson Library
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Join us July 9–11, 2025, in Houston, TX, for the Environmental Justice Data Symposium
The Environmental Justice Data Symposium is a three-day convening for researchers, regulators, and professional data practitioners advancing the collection, stewardship, and application of environmental justice data to examine and refine the methods we rely on to document harm, inform policy, and uphold accountability.
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REGISTRATION
Reserve your spot at the Environmental Justice Data Symposium 2025. Registration includes access to all sessions, networking events, and digital symposium materials. Spaces are limited, so early registration is highly recommended.
PROGRAM
The Environmental Justice Data Symposium offers a dynamic lineup of keynote speakers and presentations focused on advancing the use of data in environmental justice work. Sessions will explore topics including air quality sensor deployment and calibration, data governance and sovereignty frameworks, integrating qualitative data through archival and oral history methods, and applying advanced geospatial and visualization techniques to communicate complex environmental narratives.
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OPTIONAL FIELD TRIPS:
On Thursday, July 11, we will be hosting optional field trips for attendees. Join us in exploring Houston’s complex intersections of environment, energy, and community through immersive tours that highlight the region’s environmental history, frontline neighborhoods, and justice-centered cultural institutions.
- Houston Nature and Science Museum (and Hall of Energy)
- Project Row Houses and Third Ward Tour
- Houston Climate Justice Museum Tour
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty
University of California, Santa Barbara
“Data to Action, and Community Data”
Dr. Jason Douglas
University of California, Irvine
“From Data to Action: Reimagining Research for Resistance and Resilience”
Dr. Thomas De Pree
University of New Mexico
“Initiating Collaborative Community Archiving Projects To Environmental Health Governance”
Hazel James Tohe
Diné Centered Research & Evaluation – San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity
“Earth Care, Indigenous Rights and Considerations for Natural Laws, Rights of Nature on Navajo Land / Diné bi Ke’yah”
Darren Riley
JustAir
“Truth Starts with Trust: Lessons from the Field on Quality-Assured Community Air Monitoring”
Dr. Matthew Tejada
Natural Resources Defense Council
“Lessons Learned from the Proliferation of Tools” or “A Global Coalition to Support Air Quality Community Science”
Dr. Kimberly Terrell
Environmental Integrity Project
“Catching Up to Lived Experience: How Science and Pseudoscience Impact Environmental Justice Communities”
Dr. Jim Vallette
Material Research L3C
“Successful Campaigning through Open Access Research and Collaboration”
Dr. Lourdes Vera
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
“Rewiring Data Infrastructures to Power Civic Engagement”
Dr. Inyang Uwak
Air Alliance Houston
“AirMail: Utilizing Data Science to Inform Environmental Justice & Community Advocacy in Houston”
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
TOM GOLDTOOTH
Keynote Speaker
Tom Goldtooth, of the Diné and Dakota Peoples, is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, a leading voice for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. For over 30 years, Tom has organized nationally and internationally to elevate Indigenous leadership in climate, energy, and economic justice movements. He has represented Indigenous Peoples at the UN climate negotiations since 1998 and co-founded several major forums and networks, including the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. A filmmaker, writer, and ceremony leader, Tom is also a recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the Sierra Club’s highest honor, the John Muir Award.
Paul Mohai, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Mohai recently returned to the University of Michigan from a leave of absence to serve as Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. His teaching and research interests are focused on environmental justice, public opinion and the environment, and influences on environmental policy making. He is a founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan and a major contributor to the growing body of quantitative research on environmental justice. In a recent project for the U.S. EPA, Prof. Mohai led a team of scholars that reviewed and made recommendations for advancing the development and use of EPA’s leading environmental justice screening tool, EJSCREEN.
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