Curriculum

Restorative and Healing Justice

Resources: H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, H.R.516 - Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021.

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• Rev Dallas Conyers

  • In this lesson Rev Conyers will talk about healing spaces and the need to be authentic.

• Rev Michael Malcom

  • In this lesson Rev Malcom will discuss the need for centering black voices in the fight for climate justice.

• Tamara Toles O'laughlin

  • In this lesson Tamara Toles O'laughlin will discuss reparations.

 
*Each video presentation will provide a 15 minute overview with two online resources that can be watched or read independently.

Embodying, Respecting the Jemez Principles of Democratic Organizing

Resources: Jemez Principles, Environmental Justice Principles, Climate Justice Principles

• Mustafa Santiago-Ali

  • In this lesson Mustafa Santiago-Ali will discuss the history of the Jemez Principles and black presence in the Environmental Movement

• Anthony Rogers-Wright

  • In this lesson Anthony Rogers-Wright will discuss the benefit of the Jemez Principles in policy

• Jacqui Patterson

  • In this lesson Jacqui Patterson will discuss the benefit of the Jemez Principles in the environmental movement

 
*Each video presentation will provide a 15 minute overview with two online resources that can be watched or read independently.

The Concept of Eco-Feminism and Eco-Womanism Theories

Resources: https://wordpress.clarku.edu/wgs200-s17/2017/05/02/why-does-eco-womanism-matter/
https://repository.belmont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=honors_theses
http://blogs.cofc.edu/envt-200-03/2018/04/09/the-interconnectness-of-ecofeminism-and-ecowomanism/

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• Marnese Jackson

• Kaleia Martin

• Veronica Kyles or Valerie Rawls

 
*Each video presentation will provide a 15 minute overview with two online resources that can be watched or read independently.

Intersectionality and Environmental Justice

White Supremacy Culture, The Thrive Act, Movement for Black
 
This will be the live dialogue that will culminate the training. This should be a 4 hour virtual event.
 

• Black Lives Matter

  • Why they matter

  • We will discuss why you should center black presence in your organization and why it matters.

• How they matter

  • We will discuss how it matters that you center black presence in your organization and why it matters.

• When thy matter

  • We will discuss the benefits of centering black presence in your organization.

 
*Each Segment will be 45 minutes. This will allow a 45 minute lunch.