School Notes
Date posted: Jun 25, 2020
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is saddened and outraged by the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade that have magnified the longstanding pain of racism in our country. As a department (and a discipline) that is historically and still disproportionately white, we are acutely aware of who we are, the privilege we enjoy, and the opportunity we have at this time. From that humble awareness comes our strongest condemnation of the systemic racism that pervades our country and its institutions, a cancer that led to the tragic murder of George Floyd last week. We mourn with the Black people of our country, of our geoscience profession, and of our department community. We hear you, and we join in your cry for justice. What can we do? Be proactively anti-racist. Welcome and amplify the voices of Black scientists. Educate ourselves about race. Call out racial injustice and work towards racial justice. We hope that this moment marks an important inflection point in our journey as a country, as a profession, and as a department towards greater awareness, inclusion, diversity, and justice. Black Lives Matter. [Photo by EESC Prof. Seth Kruckenberg]
We endorse the statements from GSA and AGU, and encourage our department community to explore the following resources. It’s a start.
AGU Bridge Program (BC is a program applicant)
Race and Racism in the Geosciences