The climate crisis and environmental degradation to our ecosystems will have serious implications on the wellbeing of society. However, the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality will make certain communities more vulnerable. From the ways, redlining puts Black and Brown communities at higher risk during heatwaves, to the disproportionate mass incarceration and detention of Black and Latinx queer bodies, and the high rates of queer youth homelessness, we must affirm that any solutions to these problems must center Black and Queer Liberation.
Therefore, in honor and acknowledgment of LGBTQIA2S+ History Month in October, BIPOC EARTH has invited three Black Queer-identifying folx for a panel discussion on the intersections of gender and sexuality within the Environmental Justice movement. Panelists will explore these intersections by discussing their own experiences and work in environmental and climate justice and how these intersections play out in broader movement spaces and struggles
Speakers include:
Taylor Morton (they/she) - EPSM Alum, Environmental Health and Education Manager at WE ACT for Environmental
Vic Barrett (he/him) - 21-year-old Honduran-American college student and plaintiff with Juliana v. United States from White Plains, New York. He is also a fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education and attended the COP 21 UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris.
Zuri Kent-Smith (they/he) - PhD Candidate in Africana Studies at Brown University. Researching the relationship between anti-blackness and environmental degradation and what it means to be human
Gabrielle Houston (she/her) - EPSM Candidate, BIPOC EARTH
This event is sponsored by The New School Student Senate, The Tishman Environment and Design Center, and The Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Program (EPSM).