2024 Environmental Justice Summit: Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action in the Pittsburgh Area

Co-hosted by CPHP and the Cancer and Environment Network of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

The summit will address environmental health disparities, including cancer, due to environmental injustices and feature keynote speaker Sacoby Wilson. Multiple panels and activities throughout the day will engage attendees with community members, community organizations and academic researchers all interested in freeing ourselves and our communities from the environmental injustices that abound in our region. The summit includes a one-day academic symposium (May 10) with multiple community offerings.

Primary Goals

• – To connect like-minded environmental justice scholars and practitioners
• – To create a community of practice focused on addressing environmental injustices
• – To offer community/healing events for people impacted by environmental injustices and/or working in environmental justice