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California’s First Black Land Trust Makes The Outdoors More Inclusive [9]

"Jade Stevens stands at the edge of a snowy cliff and takes in the jaw-dropping panorama of the Sierra. Peaks reaching more than a mile high form the backdrop to Bear Valley, a kaleidoscope of green pastures mixed with ponderosa pines, firs, cedars and oak trees."

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DEADLINE: NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Scholarships [15]

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Source: LA Times [14], 05/21/2024

Read more about California’s First Black Land Trust Makes The Outdoors More Inclusive [9]

Applications for the $3,000 Kay Longcope (LGBTQ+ student of color) and $5,000 Leroy F. Aarons (LGBTQ+ student) scholarships are due May 20, 2025. You must be planning a career in journalism and be committed to furthering NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists’ mission of fair and accurate coverage of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Yale Center for Environmental Communication: Lessons in Climate Storytelling [17]

Join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication for a discussion exploring how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories and lessons learned from other movements. Noon-1:00 p.m. ET.

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DEADLINE: Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship [20]

The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship, June 10-July 19, is seeking six unique, highly diverse college students to report environmental stories from, by and about underserved communities on the front lines of climate change and environmental inequity. This is a paid opportunity. Apply by Apr 19.

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Climate Justice Series: Resource Extraction and Energy Equity in India [23]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]

This event will explore the current situation in India, what policies are being proposed, and the future of marginalized coal-communities. It's the latest installment of a series examining social and economic justice issues related to climate change and the energy transition in India. 10:00-11:30 ET.

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Introducing SEJ's New Executive Director, Aparna Mukherjee [27]

Photo of Aparna Mukherjee SEJ board president Luke Runyon (pictured, left) announces the successful conclusion of a comprehensive, months-long search process for the next Executive Director of the Society of Environmental Journalists: Aparna Mukherjee (pictured, right). Read Luke's letter to members and his interview with Aparna.

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SEJ Webinar: How To Use Data From Grist's Land Grab University 2.0 Investigation [29]

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Read more about Introducing SEJ's New Executive Director, Aparna Mukherjee [27]

In this SEJ webinar, you'll learn how to use state trust land data from Grist's latest project, a follow up to the 2020 High Country News investigation, which examined how land grant institutions got their land and money. We'll show you how to use our data set on Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 1-2pm ET.

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What’s Ahead on Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Beat [37]

What environment stories will matter most in 2024 to communities of color and Indigenous communities? Columnist Yessenia Funes sheds light on concerns ranging from the environmental damage in Gaza and extreme weather across the United States to the fallout from the U.S. presidential election to the local impacts of the clean energy transition. Insights in the latest Voices of Environmental Justice.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [38]

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"Women Added To Cop29 Climate Summit Committee After Backlash" [52]

"The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host in December."

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