SUNY Broome Earth Fest Lecture – Saturday, April 24th
Schedule of Events:
10:00 am: Reducing Household Waste
11:00 am: Recycling 101
12:00 pm: Clean Energy Options
1:00 pm: Home Gardening with VINES
2:00 pm: Composting 101
3:00 pm: Social and Environmental Justice with Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish
4:00 pm: Workshop/discussions with Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish and Amber Johnson
5:00 pm: Vegan Cooking Class-Down to Earth Whole Foods
5:00 pm: Vegan Breakfast for Dinner-Parlor City Vegan
Register online for specific events at SUNY Broome Earth Fest Registration.
Equity: The Greatest Opportunity for the Sustainability & Climate Movements?
Without exploring the social justice side of sustainability, or looking at the legacies of sustainability in disinvested communities, we may never reach our “climate goals”– on campus or beyond. Even though social equity, racial justice and sustainability are deeply, inextricably linked, our movements too often remain segregated and often struggle to make tangible and meaningful connections.
In this session, we’ll bust myths about racial influences on environmental concerns, discuss some of the histories of the social and environmental justice movements and how identity has shaped them, introduce social justice frameworks that help us better understand the confluences of our work, and learn about some successes and models. With interactive exercises and conversations, we will explore how to weave social justice and sustainability more authentically into all of our work in the world, for more lasting change.
Special Guests:
Amber Johnson
NY Energy Democracy Alliance
Climate Innovation Senior Program Manager
Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish
Movement Strategy Center
Climate Innovation Senior Program Manager
Michelle brings over 20 years of experience uniting the fields of sustainability, justice, culture, nature, facilitation and art. Michelle serves on the leadership council for Frontline Farming, a food justice organization in Denver, CO. She is a former US State Department BoldFood fellow (Uganda) and served as a US delegate for the Colorado River in San Luis del Rio Colorado, Mexico.
As Senior Program Manager for Climate Innovation with Movement Strategy Center, Michelle helps transform our larger cultural, political and physical infrastructure in ways that enhance health, the environment, social justice, culture, and beauty with transformative anti-oppression and ecological design tools.
