Description

The sustainability fields have been making strides in working to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout North America. While this support has been targeted to diverse communities, migrants (immigrants, undocumented, DACAmented, refugees, stateless people, foreign workers, and expats) continue to experience a lack of visibility and inclusion while disproportionately bearing the impacts of climate change. Our goals are to learn from each other and amplify migrant voices through collaboration, support, education, and advocacy.

SCoRE/BBISS Lead

Anna Tinoco-Santiago, Community Engagement Specialist

Partnership History

This initiative grew out of a community conversation group launched in fall 2024 by Katia Carranza from Equity and Sustainability Consulting that aimed to give migrants and migrant supporters a platform to discuss sustainability topics. Several conversations and planning meetings later, SCoRE joined forces to grow the network and identify opportunities to collaborate towards this mutual goal.

Disciplines & Faculty

Migrants in Sustainability aims to conduct transdisciplinary research and facilitate cross-scale and sector collaboration throughout Atlanta and the Southeast to connect and uplift migrant voices in sustainability and environmental fields.

Other Partners Involved

This partnership is in a growth stage, and we are currently reaching out to SCoRE partners who work with migrants to gauge interest in engaging in this project.

Keywords

Migrant ecology, migrants, sustainability, migrant leadership, policy, climate justice, participatory research, equitable engagement, indigenous sciences, social-ecological resilience, cross-scale collaboration

Associated SDGs

9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), 10 (Reduced Inequalities), 11(Sustainable Cities and Communities), 15 (Life on Land), 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions), 17 (Partnership for the Goals)