July 9–11, 2025 · Houston, TX
Julia Ideson Library
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Join us July 9–11, 2025, in Houston, TX, for the Environmental Justice Data Symposium
The Environmental Justice Data Symposium is a three-day convening for researchers, regulators, and professional data practitioners advancing the collection, stewardship, and application of environmental justice data to examine and refine the methods we rely on to document harm, inform policy, and uphold accountability.
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REGISTRATION
The registration form for the 2025 Environmental Justice Data and Mapping Symposium is now closed. If you would still like to register, have any questions, or need to confirm your registration details, please email us at ejdatasymposium@fractracker.org.
PROGRAM
The Environmental Justice Data Symposium offers a dynamic lineup of keynote speakers and presentations focused on advancing the use of data in environmental justice work. Sessions will explore topics including air quality sensor deployment and calibration, data governance and sovereignty frameworks, integrating qualitative data through archival and oral history methods, and applying advanced geospatial and visualization techniques to communicate complex environmental narratives.
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EVENT PROGRAM
FIELD TRIPS
On Friday, July 11, we will be hosting optional field trips for attendees. Join us in exploring Houston’s complex intersections of environment, energy, and community through immersive tours that highlight the region’s environmental history, frontline neighborhoods, and justice-centered cultural institutions.
- Houston Nature and Science Museum (and Hall of Energy)
- Project Row Houses and Third Ward Tour
- Houston Climate Justice Museum Tour
GUEST SPEAKERS
John Amos
SkyTruth
“Using Open Data to Spotlight the Hidden Impacts of Industry”
Dr. Reginald Archer and Dr. David Padgett
Tennessee State University
“Asset Mapping in Support of Community Participatory GIS for Environmental Justice”
Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty
University of California, Santa Barbara
“Local Indicators of Spatial Association to Advance Environmental Justice Data Mapping and Analysis”
Dr. Thomas De Pree
University of New Mexico
“Initiating Collaborative Community Archiving Projects To Environmental Health Governance”
Dr. Jason Douglas
University of California, Irvine
“From Data to Action: Reimagining Research for Resistance and Resilience”
Matt Kelso and Cullen Smith
FracTracker Alliance
“FracTracker’s Petrochemical Data Portal”
Grace Tee Lewis
Environmental Defense Fund
“What Happens Next? Tools to Make Community Science Data Actionable”
Darren Riley
JustAir
“Truth Starts with Trust: Lessons from the Field on Quality-Assured Community Air Monitoring”
JustAir
“Truth Starts with Trust: Lessons from the Field on Quality-Assured Community Air Monitoring”
Dr. Kimberly Terrell
Environmental Integrity Project
“Catching Up to Lived Experience: How Science and Pseudoscience Impact Environmental Justice Communities”
Environmental Integrity Project
“Catching Up to Lived Experience: How Science and Pseudoscience Impact Environmental Justice Communities”
Dr. Matthew Tejada
Natural Resources Defense Council
“Lessons Learned from the Proliferation of Tools”
Hazel James-Tohe
Diné Centered Research & Evaluation – San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity
“Earth Care, Indigenous Rights and Considerations for Natural Laws, Rights of Nature on Navajo Land / Diné bi Ke’yah”
Dr. Inyang Uwak
Air Alliance Houston
“AirMail: Utilizing Data Science to Inform Environmental Justice & Community Advocacy in Houston”
Jim Vallette
Material Research L3C
“Successful Campaigning through Open Access Research and Collaboration”
Dr. Lourdes Vera
Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
“Rewiring Data Infrastructures to Power Civic Engagement”
Dr. Sacoby Wilson
University of Maryland College Park
“Community Science Perspectives”
PANELS + WORKSHOPS
Community Air Monitoring Panel
Dr. Grace Tee Lewis, Environmental Defense Fund
Dr. Kimberly Terrell, Environmental Integrity Project
Dr. Inyang Uwak, Air Alliance Houston
Cumulative Impacts: Methods and Implementation Panel
Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Kristie Ellickson, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dr. Paul Mohai, University of Michigan
Dr. Mike Petroni
Data Gaps, Biases, Ownership, and Environmental Justice Panel
Katya Abazajian, The People’s Data Project
Hazel James-Tohe, Diné Centered Research & Evaluation
Dr. Eric Nost, University of Guelph
Manuel Salgado, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Workshop: Empowering Community Storytelling through Data Rights & Governance
Katya Abazajian, The People’s Data Project
Mashal Awais
Katya Abazajian, The People’s Data Project
Mashal Awais
Houston Issues and Storytelling Panel
Dr. Uilvim Franco, Rice University
Nalleli Hidalgo, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
Rachel Jordan, Texas Health and Environment Alliance
Dr. Weston Twardowski, Rice University
Dr. Uilvim Franco, Rice University
Nalleli Hidalgo, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
Rachel Jordan, Texas Health and Environment Alliance
Dr. Weston Twardowski, Rice University
Pipelines Digitization Panel
Courtney Bernhardt, Environmental Integrity Project
Karen Edelstein, FracTracker Alliance
Louisa Markow, Environmental Integrity Project
What Should EJ Maps and Tools Do? Moving Forward From Here
Dr. Femi Adesanya, Intellectual Concepts, LLC
Jennifer Hadayia, Air Alliance Houston
Dr. Denae King, Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University
Dr. Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland College Park
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network will no longer be able to join us as a keynote speaker. We are deeply grateful for his continued leadership and unwavering commitment to Indigenous and environmental justice.
We are honored to welcome Michael Lane, Indigenous Sovereignty Advocate, as our new keynote speaker.
Michael Lane
Keynote Speaker
Michael Lane (Menominee) is the Indigenous Sovereignty Advocate at the Indigenous Environmental Network. He has been actively involved in issues relating to Indigenous Sovereignty for forty-seven years including four cross-country Spiritual Walks (The Longest Walk, The Longest Walk 2 – Northern Route, The Longest Walk: Return to Alcatraz, and The Longest Walk: We Shall Continue); AIM For Freedom Survival Group; and International Indian Treaty Council. He has been involved in many land, water, and sacred site protection issues throughout what is called the United States, Canada, and New Zealand; engaged in research that includes GIS mapping, issues impacting the environment, the interplay between science and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, and Indigenous legal systems. He also has a few degrees including a Juris Doctor from Arizona State University and a Master Indigenous Studies from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, and is ABD in Indigenous Studies from Trent University. Lastly, he has been involved in numerous issues pertaining to Treaties and has given advice as well as taught numerous University courses regarding the same. He currently resides in Aotearoa with his wife Sharon Heta (Tuhoe/Ngati Awa/Nga Puhi) and they have three daughters and two grandsons.
Paul Mohai, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Mohai recently returned to the University of Michigan from a leave of absence to serve as Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. His teaching and research interests are focused on environmental justice, public opinion and the environment, and influences on environmental policy making. He is a founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan and a major contributor to the growing body of quantitative research on environmental justice. In a recent project for the U.S. EPA, Prof. Mohai led a team of scholars that reviewed and made recommendations for advancing the development and use of EPA’s leading environmental justice screening tool, EJSCREEN.
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