The Community 糖心传媒ment Core (CEC) of the 糖心传媒 Superfund Research Center (DUSRC) employs a community responsive model that facilitates multi-directional communication and action between DUSRC research and impacted communities. In doing so, the CEC not only conducts primary research in partnership with community partners, but also takes on the roles of convening, research translation, outreach and education, and facilitating policy engagement.
Drawing on examples of community-engaged scholarship on subsistence consumption of contaminated, wild- caught fish on the lower Cape Fear River, PFAS contamination of soil and well water with the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe, and soil contamination in Durham parks, this talk will explore the costs, benefits, challenges, and powerful potential of this approach.