The community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach is centered on being inclusive of community partners in the research process, in the effort to prevent or shift the imbalance of power between researchers and community members (Israel et al. 2010).  It promotes community trust, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness through power-sharing, investment in community capacity, advocacy, and policy change […]

As a fellow for the Research Justice Shop, it was interesting to hear the various approaches researchers across disciplines used to conduct community-based research. Though many attributes and methods were similar, there were apparent differences that emerged in discussions during fellows’ meetings, as well as the community-based research workshops in the Research Justice workshop series […]

Introductory Note From September  2019 – September 2020, Newkirk Fellows Jennifer Renick, Jazette Johnson, and Elizabeth Hanna Rubio partnered with Orange Country Environmental Justice (OCEJ). Founded in 2016, OCEJ aims to develop grassroots leadership amongst people directly impacted by environmental racism within the ancestral homelands of the Acjachemen and Tongva Nations, now known as Orange […]