About
This toolkit supports the mission and vision of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice, an Andrew W. Mellon grant-funded initiative based in the University of Oregon’s Center for Environmental Futures. The institute creates a regional network across the PNW focused on innovative research and pedagogy for racial and climate justice.
The goals for this specific program at the University of Oregon are to sustain anti-racist, economic dignity for essential, often invisible workers in Oregon and to work for climate and racial justice through innovative teaching and research. The program focuses largely on rural, working class communities and/or Latinx and other BIPOC communities. We meet these goals through research and experimental pedagogy that aim to empower workers, illuminate worker experiences and community needs, and tell peoples’ dynamic, complex stories. The program will ultimately work with faculty to compile and curate the best outputs of this teaching and research for inclusion in a digital, regional (PNW) Atlas of Essential Work developed by the UO’s InfoGraphics Lab.
This toolkit supports faculty in a fellowship program managed by the UO Office of Sustainability focused on pedagogy and research in support of essential, often invisible workers and other areas that further social justice in the PNW. The goal is dynamic, inventive teaching that fosters student development through community-engaged learning and/or participatory action research (PAR), in collaboration with and service to community partners. Faculty are provided stipends for their participation in the program.
This toolkit is also open for use by anyone interested in deepening their pedagogical skill set for justice. Many of its examples and resources come from the UO but it is designed for broad applicability, across disciplines and institutions, and in varied contexts and partnership arrangements. As such, it provides more of an overview than a deepdive, intended to get you started and as a launching pad for deeper thinking, reading, and lifelong professional and personal development.
Questions or comments? Contact Sarah Stoeckl, PhD, Office of Sustainability Program Manager, sstoeckl@uoregon.edu
Special Thanks
Jason Schreiner, Kate Thornhill, Franny Gaede, Lisa Fink, and the PNW Just Futures Institute team:
John Arroyo, Stephanie LeMenager, Alaí Reyes-Santos, Marsha Weisiger, and Rachael Lee.