Webinar: Reckoning with the Environmental Movement’s Past for a More Equitable Future
Do you want to better understand the history of the environmental movement to help create a more equitable future? Please join us for a special River Days of Action webinar rescreening event! Here are the details:
- Monday, June 12th, 12 – 1 pm CT
- Online via Zoom
- You will be emailed the Zoom meeting link and passcode after you register for the event
River Days of Action Lunch and Learn #1: Reckoning with the Environmental Movement’s History for a More Equitable Future
This webinar was presented to the Mississippi River Network and our members by leading equity practitioners, The Avarna Group, who provided this webinar description:
“Conservation and environmental organizations have recently begun contending with the racial exclusion and injustice that defined their creation and much of their existence. This session explores environmental history and how it fits into the larger context of social history in the U.S.. Through a timeline of events through the early 20th century, the session will reveal that despite their intent, conservation was not a categorically benevolent force, and in fact harmed Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color across Turtle Island.”
At this special River Days of Action 2023 event, we will rescreen this important and impactful webinar. While it covers the environmental movement broadly at times, emphasis and focus is placed on the geographies of the Mississippi River watershed.
https://mississippirivernetwork.salsalabs.org/61223webinarconsevationhistory
Please email Michael Anderson at manderson@1mississippi.org with any questions. See you there!
