Action 8: Build Gender and Racial Equality

“Recasting our society is now a matter of survival.”

- Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
McShane Center at dusk
  1. Intentionally center women and BIPOC individuals as leaders for sustainability initiatives. 
  2. Partner with the Center for Community Engaged Learning on a cluster of 10 community engaged learning (CEL) courses on environmental justice and environmental sustainability. Increase the number of courses by five each year for a total of 40 new sustainability-themed CEL courses by 2030.
  3. Establish a sustainability subcommittee of Fordham in Community to locate and grow sustainability initiatives in the Bronx that are asset-based and partner-led. 
  4. Partner with CSTEP and HEOP to advance opportunities for women and BIPOC students in STEM to collaborate on sustainability-centered research projects, undertake fieldwork, and gain valuable mentorship from upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. 
  5. Support faculty acquisition of STEM grants that support historically underrepresented students and that support sustainability initiatives.