Empowering environmentally-burdened communities in the US: A primer on the emerging role for information technologyFootnote1

1. This paper was prepared with a Research Experiences for Undergraduates supplemental grant from the National Science Foundation (EIA 0113718, Amendment No. 001 ‘ITR/PE: Digital Citizenship: Expanding Information Technology Literacy with a Service-Learning Approach’). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.

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