Environmental justice workshop offers advice for activists at the People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture in Louisville, KY

I was honored to be added to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences committee to analyze the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, or CEJST.

Previously, this year, I met someone from the Future 500 organization at the GreenBiz Conference. We discussed environmental justice and corporate America.

From the Louisville Courier Journal, this article required months of research and collaboration from Louisville, KY, journalist Connor Giffin and colleagues. Monica E. Unseld, Ph. D, MPH was quoted at the end.

UJDP’s Executive Director wrote this Opinion piece for the local newspaper, The Courier-Journal, in Louisville, KY.

Op-Ed in the Lousivlle Courier-Journal, by Michaela Brinker July 5, 2023.

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Unseld’s interview with a London, UK based magazine.

Dr. Monica Unseld was asked to provide a quote for this article in the British magazine Engineering and Technology by the The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Dr. Monica Unseld was asked to do appear on Democracy Now on short notice, but UJDP still appreciates the platform and discussion.

Dr. Monica Unseld was interviewed for this piece for Prism.

Dr. Monica Unseld, a biologist and longtime environmental justice advocate, is calling for stronger federal chemical testing and accountability following the Palestine, Ohio disaster. She warns that without reliable tests for chemical mixtures, communities remain at risk—and urges public support, advocacy, and transparency to drive lasting change.

More about Dr. Monic Unseld being humbled and honored by being named a 2022 UCS Science Defender.

In 2020, after thousand of lawsuits and mounting legal fees, Johnson & Johnson announced it would stop selling its talc-based baby powder in the US and Canada.

The Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals is a pivotal piece in the battle for climate and environmental justice. Both Until Justice Data Partners and Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT) contributed to the final version of this document.

The two minute presentation Johnson & Johnson doesn’t want you to see…

Biologist Dr. Monica Unseld details her journey from scientist to activist and discusses how science institutions can forge successful partnerships with communities.

“We’ve said multiple times that people are just not exposed to a single use,” said SACC member Monica Unseld, executive director of Until Justice Data Partners. “That’s just not what the reality is.”

Dr. Unseld was interviewed for a piece in Today’s Woman that discusses whether or not Louisville is a sustainable city.

Dr. Monica Unseld is proud to be one of the mentors for an amazing group of local young people using music and art to work for justice.

This piece is a response Dr. Unseld was asked to write to this article: Science Policy From the Ground Up Melissa Flagg and Arti Garg.