Environmental Justice
Data Symposium

Environmental
Justice
Data Symposium

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

Reserve your spot at the Environmental Justice Data Symposium 2025. Registration includes access to all sessions, networking events, and digital symposium materials. Spaces are limited, so early registration is highly recommended.

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.

TOM GOLDTOOTH

Keynote Speaker

Tom Goldtooth, of the Diné and Dakota Peoples, is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, a leading voice for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. For over 30 years, Tom has organized nationally and internationally to elevate Indigenous leadership in climate, energy, and economic justice movements. He has represented Indigenous Peoples at the UN climate negotiations since 1998 and co-founded several major forums and networks, including the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. A filmmaker, writer, and ceremony leader, Tom is also a recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the Sierra Club’s highest honor, the John Muir Award.

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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