A Conversation with Dr. Camren Lewin, Urban Renewal and Environmental Racism
Classroom Building, CLA200
Dr. Camren Lewin will speak about her research on urban renewal, environmental racism and community engagement.
Camren will share about how urban renewal policy drove racist legislation that impacted Black communities of Knoxville Tennessee. She will also discuss her own personal volunteer efforts in combatting the legacy of Urban Renewal with community engagement efforts with local farmer Chris Battle. Carmen helped package and deliver whole foods and fresh produce to underrepresented communities with Chris by hand delivering free produce to communities that lived in Food Desserts.