Author: CECE
Event Recap: When Communities Need Us Most: Empowering AmeriCorps and Its Partners to Lead in Times [...]
On May 27th and 28th, CECE hosted AmeriCorps and its partners from across the country for a two-day Learning Opportunity focused on what it means to lead effectively when communities face their greatest challenges. This event brought together various AmeriCorps programs, local emergency management offices, and non-profits for cross-sector knowledge exchange and resource sharing, with […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: The Most Overlooked Climate Solution Isn’t Technological
In the latest episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, best-selling climate writer and strategist, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, joins host Dana R. Fisher to unpack a critical, yet largely ignored, crisis in our advocacy networks: mass burnout and a loss of talent. Listen to the conversation and join us as we navigate the shift from climate […]
DataCorps Fellowship Continues with Visits to Several Sites in Los Angeles
Earlier this June, the DataCorps fellows and Workforce Development & the 4Rs research team visited Los Angeles. The first stop on our Los Angeles trip was the LA Works office, located in the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens, a beautiful green space in an otherwise bustling urban area. While there, our research team conducted […]
[Article] Surveying a Crowd: A Field Experiment Comparing Data Collection Techniques at Protest [...]
In a new peer-reviewed article published in Sociological Methodology, three CECE researchers study the effectiveness of digital techniques to collect survey data in crowds. While protest surveys have traditionally been gathered by interviewing protesters using a paper and clipboard or asking them to self-administer the surveys, these methods are often time-consuming and tedious for both […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: How to Break Through Big Oil’s Disinformation
Outarguing climate deniers with numbers and facts won’t work. Exposing the corporate puppet masters will. In the latest episode of The Apocalyptic Optimist, Harvard historian and legendary myth-buster Naomi Oreskes joins host Dana R. Fisher to discuss how we shatter corporate climate propaganda. The path forward does not live in arguing facts with bad-faith actors. […]
Second Year of DataCorps Fellowship Kicks Off With Site Visit in Seattle
On the first day of our visit, our research team visited two sites where EarthCorps crews have been working on restoration projects. Our first visit was to Magnuson Park, a beautiful park situated on a former naval airfield in Seattle’s Sandpoint neighborhood with an impressive view of Mt. Rainier. The intentional communication style the crew […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: Why the System Wants You Doomscrolling (And How to Take Back Your Power)
Political power isn’t what you think…The algorithms thrive on your anger, keeping you stuck in a cycle of doomscrolling, posting, and feeling utterly powerless. Comedian, writer, and labor activist Adam Conover (creator of Adam Ruins Everything and The G Word) knows we’ve been looking at political change all wrong. For more optimistic empowerment and stories, […]
CECE Announces 2026 DataCorps Fellowship Cohort
CECE and the Workforce Development and the 4Rs project team are excited to announce the 2026 cohort of the DataCorps Fellowship Program. This cohort builds on the success of lasts years fellowhip and provides graduate students with an opportunity to learn about activism and engagement centered around disaster response and recovery, as well as gain […]
Celebrating Our Spring 2026 Graduates
CECE is pleased to celebrate the students completing the Graduate Certificate in Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE²) this spring. As they mark this milestone in May, we congratulate members of our second CECE² cohort, Hadley Ashford, Masha Kazantsev, Maria Adrila Rangel, Heather Stepp, Laurel Levin, and Michael Culbert from the School of International Service (SIS), […]
CECE Director joins civic cohort at TED2026
CECE Director Dana Fisher was invited to join the civic cohort /democracy delegation at TED2026 in Vancouver. During the week, she met with numerous civic leaders to discuss how their collective work to strengthen our democracy. She also participated in a dinner with former Vice President Al Gore.
[Event Recap] Finding Our Way Through Climate Uncertainty with Katharine K. Wilkinson
On April 14th, the School of International Service hosted a thoughtful conversation with Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson regarding her forthcoming book, Climate Wayfinding. Dr. Wilkinson shared a compassionate approach to navigating the “climate ache” of an uncertain future, suggesting that we find our way by shifting our orientation from a desire to “fix” the world […]
[Office of Sustainability Event] AU Sustainability Symposium
Join the Office of Sustainability and faculty from across American University on the 56th Earth Day for a robust program covering the breadth of sustainability work across the history of the United States. American University’s long commitment to sustainability and our own Airlie Farm’s role in the environmental movement are examples of how sustainability has played […]