The Council on Environmental Justice and Human Rights (CEJHR) is a council of the Commission on Global Social Work Education. The council's charge includes the following:
- To provide leadership for the advancement of human rights and the rights of nature.
- To educate social workers about the global environmental crisis, the impact of climate change, and the disproportionate impact on communities and ecologies, including the historical and continuing colonialist behaviors that led us to this situation.
- To identify policy implications and mechanisms, advocating for the enhancement and protection of the earth, nature, and peoples across the globe.
- To advocate for the sovereignty of Indigenous and tribal nations and the importance of place and land-based knowledge and practices within social work education.
- To recommend the inclusion and development of interventions that redress oppressive structural barriers that interfere with restorative healing.
Leadership & Members
Amelia Mahan, DSW, LCSW
Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of the Pacific
Brooks Zitzmann, PhD, LCSW
Adjunct Professor & Social Work Practitioner at Tulane University
Cheyenne Tonkin, LMSW, C-ASWCM
Doctoral Student at Stephen F. Austin State University
Helo Oidjarv, PhD, MSW
BSW Program Director and Associate Professor at Greenville University
Keri Otte, LCSW
Assistant Professor, MSW Practicum Director at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Mariann Bischoff, MS, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor of Teaching; Management & Policy Field Specialist at Rutgers University
Melissa Calnon, DHSc, LCSW
Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of the Pacific
Natalie Moore-Bembry, EdD, MSW, LCSW
BASW Program Director (Camden) and Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University
Renee M. Rawcliffe, LMSW
Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development at Adelphi University
ZaDonna Slay, DSW
Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University