Presentation Title
A Fight to the Finish! Challenging Environmental Racism in San Bernardino, CA
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation/Art Exihibt
College
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Major
Anthropology
Location
Event Center BC
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Teresa Velasquez
Start Date
5-18-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
5-18-2017 12:00 PM
Abstract
I became an intern for a non-profit organization, The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) based in Jurupa Valley, CA. My main work has been conducted in San Bernardino in the South West end. I am studying the working-class Latino communities in Westside San Bernardino because I would like to see how community members experience discrimination and how they organize themselves against corporate polluters for my readers to understand how environmental racism has affected working-class Latino communities. In order to find my answers I’ve been using the methods of participant-observation, informal interviewing, and semi-structured interviewing. My fieldwork is ongoing and I will be presenting my findings.
A Fight to the Finish! Challenging Environmental Racism in San Bernardino, CA
Event Center BC
I became an intern for a non-profit organization, The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) based in Jurupa Valley, CA. My main work has been conducted in San Bernardino in the South West end. I am studying the working-class Latino communities in Westside San Bernardino because I would like to see how community members experience discrimination and how they organize themselves against corporate polluters for my readers to understand how environmental racism has affected working-class Latino communities. In order to find my answers I’ve been using the methods of participant-observation, informal interviewing, and semi-structured interviewing. My fieldwork is ongoing and I will be presenting my findings.
