Welcome
Community Innovation for Climate Justice (CI4CJ)
Let's work for Climate Justice in
Harrisburg and beyond
Our Mission and Vision
Empowering Communities
Community Innovation for Climate Justice (CI4CJ) is an nonprofit, based in Harrisburg PA, whose mission involves inclusive engagement in underserved and underrepresented communities and youth in the US and Africa to find just solutions for addressing environmental justice, social justice and climate change (denoted as climate justice).
About Community Innovation for Climate Justice
Gregory Jenkins, Founder
Rukayya Ibriham, PhD Board Member
Rukayya Ibriham, PhD Board Member
Dr. Gregory Jenkins is the founder for CI4CJ. He is a native of West Philadelphia and currently a professor in the Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, with affiliate appointments in African Studies and Geography at Penn State University. He is the Director of the Alliance for Education, Sciences, Engineering, and Design wit
Dr. Gregory Jenkins is the founder for CI4CJ. He is a native of West Philadelphia and currently a professor in the Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, with affiliate appointments in African Studies and Geography at Penn State University. He is the Director of the Alliance for Education, Sciences, Engineering, and Design with Africa (AESEDA) in the College of Earth & Mineral Sciences (EMS). Previously, worked at Howard University in the Atmospheric Sciences program and was Chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy. He has worked in West Africa for more than 30 years undertaking observations and modeling research. He has a B.S from Lincoln University in Physics and a Ph.D in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Michigan.
Rukayya Ibriham, PhD Board Member
Rukayya Ibriham, PhD Board Member
Rukayya Ibriham, PhD Board Member
Born and raised in Kano, Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim has a PhD in mathematics with a concentration in statistics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She is currently an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg. Her research areas multivariate time series, spatio-temporal analyses, and high dimensional data
Born and raised in Kano, Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim has a PhD in mathematics with a concentration in statistics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She is currently an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg. Her research areas multivariate time series, spatio-temporal analyses, and high dimensional data with applications in environmental and public health, environmental and climate justice, and epidemiology. She remains involved in community outreach programs in Kano. She is a Technological Council of Central PA Women in Tech mentor, a faculty mentor in the Penn State Environmentors program, and a Skype Scientist volunteer. She enjoys nature walks, good music, literature, TV, cooking, and developing recipes.
Jamese Sims, PhD Board Member
Jamese Sims, PhD Board Member
Jamese Sims, PhD Board Member
Dr. Jamese Sims is an innovative, strategic, and transformational leader. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Thee Anomaly, LLC, a meteorology consulting firm, and the creator and host of Thee Anomaly Podcast. Dr. Sims is the former Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI)Mode
Dr. Jamese Sims is an innovative, strategic, and transformational leader. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Thee Anomaly, LLC, a meteorology consulting firm, and the creator and host of Thee Anomaly Podcast. Dr. Sims is the former Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI)Modeling Program, and served as NOAA Senior Science Advisor for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Dr. Sims received her B.S. in Meteorology from Jackson State University and her Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from Howard University.
Jonathan Smith
Jamese Sims, PhD Board Member
Jamese Sims, PhD Board Member
Dr. Jonathan Smith is a Physical Scientist at NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, NJ. Dr. Smith and improves the representation of lightning in Models. He serves at his local church, DC Regional Christian Church in Suitland, MD. He has a passion for justice and politics that he gets from his grandfather Ler
Dr. Jonathan Smith is a Physical Scientist at NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, NJ. Dr. Smith and improves the representation of lightning in Models. He serves at his local church, DC Regional Christian Church in Suitland, MD. He has a passion for justice and politics that he gets from his grandfather Leroy Wynn, who in the 1990s was the first black town council member in the history of Huntersville, NC. Jonathan received a Ph.D. (2012) in Atmospheric Sciences at Howard University, a M.S. (2007) in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University and a B.S. (2004) in Physics from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
About Community Innovation for Climate Justice
Current work
We are planning to monitor air pollution in redlined cities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia.