The Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub will combine humanities insights—from disciplines including history, anthropology, philosophy, and literature, among others—with environmental studies to create more well-rounded and effective solutions to environmental challenges, while teaching students to work closely with communities and address pressing issues in a meaningful way. 

The project’s development has included leaders and collaborators from the School for Environment and Sustainability, Program in the Environment, Office of the Provost and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

With the grant’s support, the team will create the first dedicated pathway in higher education to "cultivate the transformative potential of the humanities for advancing community-based environmental justice," according to the proposal. And it will do so in a way that leverages values U-M shares with the Mellon Foundation, as well as the university’s distinct history and ambitions. 

Mellon makes grants to support communities through the power of the arts and humanities, while the university’s Vision 2034 plan details its "deep commitment to climate action and environmental justice…[by making] measurable and sustainable progress…including building stronger relationships and deepening our ties with local, national, and international communities."

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