HBCU Environmental and Climate Justice Corps Summer Internship program will provide mentorship, training, and research opportunities for undergraduate Texas Southern University students during a four-week session  focused on climate-related issues and associated impacts on vulnerable people of color communities. Students will learn research methodologies and be introduced to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), environmental and climate related tools and techniques that are instrumental in their community-focused research. The summer projects will be presented by the interns at a culminating event and at the annual HBCU Climate Change Conference.

The internship is part of a grant funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation, which drives social impact work for Macquarie Group. “This is a wonderful opportunity to immerse our students in environmental and climate justice research, policy and civic engagement work, with emphasis on cross-disciplinary solutions to multiple and converging threats in our most climate-vulnerable communities—places like many of our students’ neighborhoods and hometowns,” said Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Executive Director of the Bullard Center.
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The program will equip young people with the tools they need to become the next generation of leaders and educate them on climate change and its impact on communities of color.