EJ + Arts Map

We offer this tribute to ongoing EJ and arts work happening across campus, and a way of making this work accessible and visible -- explore!

Developed by Ayoade Balogun with the Environmental Justice Working Group

"The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible." -- Toni Cade Bambara

    • Harmony House
    • Stanford Live
    • Science, Technology, and Society
    • Environmental Justice Working Group
    • Earthtones
    • Stanford Arts
    • Native Plants Garden
    • Notation in Cultural Rhetorics
    • Stanford Educational Farm
    • Office for Religious and Spiritual Life

Happening Now!

  • Th EJWG is supporting commissioned work around environmental justice themes by composer David Lang. Partner: Laura Evans, Director of Programming and Engagement at Stanford Live.
  • The Environmental Justice Film Festival is holding four screenings of EJ films over the course of winter and spring, 2024.

2017

Stanford Roots is founded by students. Stanford Roots promotes community involvement on the campus farm to connect people to their food and food systems, particularly through experimental learning.

Spring 2018

The first Earthtones Festival is held at the Stanford Farm.

July 2020

Students publish the  Earthtones Zine , highlighting student artists and writers of color and their relationships to land and nature.

Fall 2020

Students for the Liberation of All People (SLAP) have put together disorientation guides to educate students and all members of the Stanford community about legacies of injustce and activism in Stanford's history and present. See the 2020 issue   here . See issues from past years   here .

November 2022

Music at the Farm: A Conversation with Okaidja Afroso. Read more  here .

February 2023

Following the opening of the Doerr School of Sustainability, the Daily publishes op-ed entitled:  Why Stanford's Sustainability School Needs Environmental Justice Art  by Tanvi Dutta Gupta.

April 2023

Art as a tool for environmental justice. Artists Kim Anno and Gao Ling discuss the role of the humanities in environmental justice work during an evening of conversation and community art-making at the Stanford Farm. Read more  here .

Spring 2023

Fronds: A Stanford EJ Anthology is published, featuring artists and writers from across the Stanford community. Read more  here .

November 2023

Environmental Justice Stories Told Live: a reading and open mic for EJ stories at the Stanford Farm, hosted by the EJWG EJ+Arts group, the Stanford Storytelling Project, the Notation in Cultural Rhetorics, and the Notation in Science Communication.

February 2024

The Environmental Justice Film Fesitval launches with a screening of Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

Something missing?

If you notice the absence of a place on the map or an event on the timeline, we invite you to please fill out the form linked  here  to let us know! We envision this as an ongoing, collaborative effort - your contributions would be greatly appreciated.