Baltimore Ecosystem Study

January Quarterly Meeting: Environmental Justice
2023-01-25 08:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | UMBC Techology Research Center, 5200 Westland Blvd., Room 206, Arbutus, Maryland, 21227, United States
The January Quarterly Meeting of the BES focused on Environmental Justice.
The meeting was held in person at the Technology Research Center (TRC), Room 206 on UMBC’s campus.
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BES Quarterly Science Meeting: Environmental Justice Practice and Research
TIME: 8:30am – 1pm, Wednesday, January 25th
LOCATION
Physical:
Room 206
UMBC Technology Research Center (TRC)
5200 Westland Blvd
Arbutus, MD 21227
Parking:
UMBC parking lot #25 surrounds the Technology Research Center. If you park in this lot and would like to have free parking, you will need to provide the following vehicle information to the TRC building manager (Patricia Smith) on a sign-in sheet upon entering the building:
Tag Number and State; Make and Model; Color

AGENDA
8:30 Coffee, Snacks, and Hellos
9:00 Goals and Introductions
Moderator, Tanaira Cullens, Environmental Scientist, Biohabitats

Become familiar with

Topic
Practices, findings, and data
Needs and opportunities
Organizations and individuals

Identify actions: Let’s not let this meeting be “one and done”
Be comfortable with being uncomfortable

9:15 Brief Orientation to Topic
Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service

Disamenities / Amenities // Distributional (Patterns) / Procedural (Processes)

Linking Distributional and Procedural over Time

EJ as a resilient system: an expanded set of “parts”, feedbacks, and long-term understanding (how did it come to be)

Housing, zoning, employment, education, policing, wealth creation, and so on?

Other perspectives / ideas?

9:35 Practice:
What is the current state of EJ practice in Baltimore that could include policy, planning, and management perspectives and from government and civic society sectors?

Meghan Hazer Alvarez, Watershed Planning + Partnerships (DPW)
Tree Equity, MD DNR Forest Service
Mark Montgomery, Pastor, Union Baptist Church

10:05 Break
10:15 Research:
What is the current state of EJ research in Baltimore?

Long term EJ dynamics in Baltimore, Morgan Grove
Street Tree Diversity and Redlining in Baltimore, Karin Burghardt, University of Maryland, College Park
Mosquitos and Community Engagement, Dawn Biehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

11:05 Engaging / Sharing Practice / Research:
What are the needs and opportunities for better engaging EJ practices and research from community to municipal levels: listening and sharing in Baltimore?

The problem of “Us” talking to “Us”

People who are experiencing the injustices

Are there other opportunities to expand who is in the conversation?

Hosted by other groups such as BUILD / ACT Now

Times that are more accessible: weekends / evenings
Institutional barriers to connecting Practice, Research, and Education

11:35 Production:
What are the needs and opportunities for the production of EJ research in Baltimore, including students at different “stages” of life, academics, and academic institutions in Baltimore?

Landscape of Fear
Policy and the “community meeting” requirement for projects
Intergenerational/socioeconomic barriers
Mentorship Opportunities

University programs such as iCARE
Parks & People BRANCHES program
Temple X school

12:05 Mutual Aid and Next steps:
Ideas for future activities for partnership

What’s the network?

Who’s involved and who’s missing

Where can we be helpful?
How can we be helpful?

BES website: Synthesis research documents with links to publications and data
Overall city synthesis of practice and research

Calendar of events

1:00 Adjourn

2022 BES Annual Science Meeting
2022-10-13 - 2022-10-14 | William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center at the University of Baltimore, 11 West Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21201
The 2022 Annual BES Science Meeting was held on Thursday October 13th and Friday October 14th.
Please click the following links to download event materials:
Day 1 Presentation Slides
Day 2 Presentation Slides
Posters
Summary Agenda
Agenda w/ Abstracts
