HBCU environmental justice
climate corps

HBCU Environmental Justice Climate Corps

The Bullard Center’s HBCU Environmental and Climate Justice Corps 2025 Summer Internship program provided mentorship, training, and research opportunities for 20 undergraduate HBCU students from across the country during a five-week session focused on climate-related issues and associated impacts on vulnerable people of color communities. Students learned about research methodologies and were introduced to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), environmental and climate related tools and communication techniques that were instrumental in their community-focused research. Summer projects were presented by the interns at a culminating event, and student interns plan to attend the annual 2026 HBCU Climate Change Conference.

Training the Next Generation

The internship is part of a grant funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation, which drives social impact work for Macquarie Group. “This is a wonderful opportunity to immerse our students in environmental and climate justice research, policy and civic engagement work, with emphasis on cross-disciplinary solutions to multiple and converging threats in our most climate-vulnerable communities—places like many of our students’ neighborhoods and hometowns,” said Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Executive Director of the Bullard Center.
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The program will equip young people with the tools they need to become the next generation of leaders and educate them on climate change and its impact on communities of color.