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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.
CECE Cohort Building: D.C. Environmental Film Festival
On March 25, members of the Certificate of the Environment, Community & Equity (CECE2) cohort, together with faculty and staff of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity (CECE), came together on March 25 for a film screening hosted on campus as part of the D.C. Environmental Film Festival. The event, co-sponsored by CECE and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to the CECE Graduate Certificate’s New Cohort!
CECE is proud to announce the eight new additions to the Graduate Certificate for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE2). This marks the third cohort to join the program who will be trained with the knowledge and preparation to address a growing set of challenges at the intersection of environmental protection, community resilience, and equity. The […]
Happy New Year from CECE
CECE would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2026. We are excited to continue growing our research and look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead! If you are interested in supporting CECE, please click here for more infomation.
CECE Announces Second Year of the Data Corps Graduate Fellowship Program
CECE is excited to announce a second year of the Data Corps Graduate Fellowship Program in the Summer of 2026. The fellowship provides graduate students with an opportunity to learn about civic engagement centered around community resilience and disaster response and recovery. During the 2-month program, students will gain hands on experience in data collection […]
Meet CECE’s Postdoctoral Fellow Natalia Piland
Where were you before you arrived at AU? Immediately before arriving at AU, I was employed in the USDA Northern Research Station, part of the research arm of the U.S. Forest Service. My team focused on environmental stewardship, thinking broadly about how people across sectors care for their surroundings using methods that span from qualitative […]
Call for Proposals for CECE Faculty Research Incubator Program
The Center for Environment, Community, & Equity is delighted to announce a Call for Submissions to our 2025-2026 Faculty Research Incubator Program. We are inviting interdisciplinary teams of scholars to submit short proposals for projects to be developed during the academic year (MAXIMUM: 2 pages including references). By the end of the summer, teams are […]