On April 10th, over 25 students and faculty in Public Health, Urban Studies & Planning, Geography, and other programs on campus interested in environmental justice got together to watch a screening of our new documentary film, “The Green Divide: Urban Struggles for Environmental Justice, where BCNUEJ director Isabelle Anguelovski joined in person for a Q&A after the film.
Watch the film here.
As explained by OHSU-PSU School of Public Health on their blog post covering the screening, the Green Divide documentary exposes the ignored injustices suffered by minoritized and working class communities in the race for cities to go green. Featuring interviews with urban researchers, activists and residents, the film delves into six stories from neighborhoods in Europe and North America (including Portland!), where the tensions between municipal greening and local community struggles results in new forms of activism and participation for improving the rights and health of all residents to the green and healthy city.
This event was co-sponsored by the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s Dr. Marisa Westbrook and the PSU Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning’s Dr. C.N.E Corbin. The schools have a dual degree program — the Masters in Public Health in Health Promotion & Masters in Urban and Regional Planning — that allow students to pursue their intersectional interests in the fields of urban studies & health.
For more information, visit the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s blog.
