Author: CECE
[Article] Stewardship Salons: Sharing biocultural approaches to foster many ways of knowing and [...]
CECE Research Assistant Professor, Natalia C. Piland, is one of seven co-authors of the recently published paper, “Stewardship Salons: Sharing biocultural approaches to foster many ways of knowing and caring for land,” in Earth Stewardship. The paper was led by USDA Northern Research Station Social Science Researcher Lindsay K. Campbell, and included a team of […]
No Kings 3 Turns Out Locals from Across the DMV
The No Kings 3 Day-of-Action mobilized millions of people across the country. Our team collected data through a field survey at a No Kings 3 demonstration in Washington, DC on 3/28/2026. Data were collected as people assembled to rally and march over the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, DC (this event was expected to be […]
CECE Featured in NYT’s ‘No Kings 3’ Protest Coverage
CECE Director Dana R. Fisher was recently featured in two New York Times articles discussing her work related to the “No Kings” Protests. In “A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around,” Fisher shares her reflections on the protests and what more can be done. In “5 Takeaways From the ‘No Kings’ Rallies […]
[Article] Wildfire Displacement in the United States: A Qualitative Synthesis of the Social [...]
CECE Director, Dana R. Fisher, and former CECE Post Doctoral Fellow, Julie A. González, recently published a paper about displacement after wildfires using the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires as a case. Abstract: Wildfire-driven displacement is an urgent and underexamined dimension of social vulnerability in the United States. This study synthesizes findings from a qualitative […]
DataCorps Graduate Fellowship Program Application is Now Open
Applications are now open for CECE’s DataCorps Graduate Fellowship Program for Summer of 2026. The fellowship provides graduate students with an opportunity to learn about activism and engagement centered around disaster response and recovery, as well as gain hands on experience in data collection and evaluation of disaster-related service corps programs and activism. To be eligible […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: Why Solidarity Is So Hard — and How We Build It Anyway
In this episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dana talks with Dr. Rashawn Ray about the realities of building solidarity in a deeply divided moment. From his work with communities-of-color and police departments to learning from the Black Lives Matter movement, Dr. Ray breaks down what works, what doesn’t, and how people can show up as […]
Graduate Certificate in Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE²) Applications Now Open
The Graduate Certificate in Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE²) equips students with knowledge and preparation to address a growing set of challenges at the intersection of environmental protection, community resilience, and equity. Enhance your Master’s degree, skills, and visibility in the job market with one of these certificates in addition to your master’s degree. With careful course planning, it […]
[Co-Sponsored] Impact Preview Event: The Way of the Whale
A special preview screening of The Way of the Whale, followed by a conversation about the power of film to drive change. Director Franco Campos-Lopez and Producer Clate Korsant will speak with Maggie Burnette Stogner, Executive Director of the Center of Environmental Filmmaking at American University, about how storytelling can influence policy, mobilize communities, and inspire action. They will be joined […]
CECE Whitepaper No. 4: Understanding Community Response to Disaster: Results from Three AmeriCorps [...]
AmeriCorps members and volunteers engage in community response to disaster across the United States. How do they explain the skills they use, the motivations that urge them to respond, and their experiences with disaster? Across the three programs that we visited, participants reported drawing from their prior life experiences, whether personal or professional,to increase their […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: Learning from the Free America Walkout
In the inaugural episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with Rachel O’Leary Carmona and Tamika Middleton from the Women’s March about what we can learn from the Free America Walkout. You can watch all of the episodes here or access them via our YouTube Channel, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
[Article] Resistance to Trump 2.0 Is Getting More Confrontational
CECE Director Dana R. Fisher recently wrote about how resistance has shifted during the second Trump administration. The article, published in The Guardian, outlines how Resistance 2.0 has become, and will continue to be, more confrontational. The full article can be found here.
The Global Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest – a Repertoire of [...]
Join us as we hear from Oscar Berglund present on his most recent paper “The Global Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest – a Repertoire of Repression”. You can read the paper here. RSVP today!