About the
Just Futures Institute
In January 2021, the University of Oregon received a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to institute the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice — JFI for short. The $4.52 million grant is the largest humanities award in UO history. The UO was among 38 institutions invited to submit proposals to the Just Futures initiative – and is one of 16 grantees selected out of 165 proposals.
JFI is a regional platform and partnership between leaders from the UO’s College of Arts and Sciences and College of Design, alongside the University of Idaho (Moscow, ID), Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA), Heritage University (Yakama Indian Reservation), and community organizations. Housed by the UO Center for Environmental Futures, JFI is a seedbed for applied, publicly engaged research that addresses the intertwined issues of racial inequality and climate crisis in innovative ways.
Vision
We imagine just futures that value climate and racial justice narratives in the U.S. Pacific Northwest […]
Team
The core team, faculty, and students play a role in bringing the Just Futures Institute vision to life […]
Partners
Our partners across the Pacific Northwest help bring our vision to life. From Oregon, Washington, Idaho […]
Territorial Acknowledgement
The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous […]
