Established in 2007, the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) is a research unit located within the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. PERE conducts research and facilitates discussions on issues of environmental justice, regional inclusion, and immigrant integration. The unit collaborates with community organizations through both research and other activities. PERE seeks to develop a new model of how university and community can work together for the common good.
PERE projects include:
- Environmental Justice and Climate Change
- Cumulative Impacts Screening Method
- Air Pollution and the Environment
- Working Poor & New Entrants
- Just Growth
- Movement Building and Change Models
- Building Resilient Regions
- Regional Equity Indicator Project
- The Color of Change: Inter-ethnic Organizing and Leadership for the 21st Century
- Immigrant Integration
- CCF Council on Immigrant Integration
- Creating a New Voice for Immigrant Integration
- Building Resilient Regions: The Immigrant Challenge
Contacts:
Manuel Pastor, Director
Address:
PERE - USC
3620 Vermont Avenue, KAP 432
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
Phone: (213) 821-1325
