Event Title
Plenary I: The Social (in)Justice of Chemical Exposure in Society: Unique Potential for Collaboration in Teaching, Research and Outreach
Location
Moakley Auditorium
Start Time
15-5-2013 9:00 AM
End Time
15-5-2013 10:00 AM
Description
Chemicals are part of our everyday lives, and provide the function in products demanded by our society. Everyone in the world is exposed to manufactured chemicals, but it is clear that there is a disproportionate exposure, world-wide, to hazardous chemicals based on race or socio-economic status. As children are the most vulnerable members of our society, there is an urgent need for research, education, awareness and activism to explore and act on the social (in)justice of chemical exposure. Through two spring workshops sponsored by the Institute for Social Justice, this issue sparked excitement, sadness, anger and energy in exploring how faculty, and our students, from vastly different disciplines might collaborate on incorporating this theme in teaching, research and outreach. The goal of this panel is to explore, with audience participation, how we might bridge chemistry and social justice through this issue, and bring new awareness to our students and ourselves.
Plenary I: The Social (in)Justice of Chemical Exposure in Society: Unique Potential for Collaboration in Teaching, Research and Outreach
Moakley Auditorium
Chemicals are part of our everyday lives, and provide the function in products demanded by our society. Everyone in the world is exposed to manufactured chemicals, but it is clear that there is a disproportionate exposure, world-wide, to hazardous chemicals based on race or socio-economic status. As children are the most vulnerable members of our society, there is an urgent need for research, education, awareness and activism to explore and act on the social (in)justice of chemical exposure. Through two spring workshops sponsored by the Institute for Social Justice, this issue sparked excitement, sadness, anger and energy in exploring how faculty, and our students, from vastly different disciplines might collaborate on incorporating this theme in teaching, research and outreach. The goal of this panel is to explore, with audience participation, how we might bridge chemistry and social justice through this issue, and bring new awareness to our students and ourselves.