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Engage, Connect, Protect highlights the need to recognize the work of environmental champions in communities of color, and create opportunities for business, educators, and policymakers to engage with diverse youth as the next generation of environmental stewards through culturally relevant learning and career opportunities.
Building environmental strength through a diversity of youth
An accessible guide to respond to the inequities faced by persons of color marginalized by mainstream environmentalism.
— Rev. Dr. Dianne Glave, author, Rooted in the Earth
Highlights the cultural connection to nature that black and brown people have always had, and the need...for it to be reclaimed.
— Kamilah Martin, Global Youth Educator, Vice President, Jane Goodall Institute
WHILE CONCERN ABOUT the state of our land, air, and water continues to grow, there is widespread belief that environmental issues are primarily of interest to wealthy white communities. Engage, Connect, Protect explodes this myth, revealing the deep and abiding interest that African American, Latino, and Native American communities — many of whom live in degraded and polluted parts of the country – have in our collective environment.
Part eye-opening critique of the cultural divide in environmentalism, part biography of a leading social entrepreneur, and part practical toolkit for engaging diverse youth, Engage, Connect, Protect covers:
Why communities of color are largely unrecognized in the environmental movement Bridging the cultural divide and activating a new generation of environmental stewards A resource guide for connecting mainstream America to organizations working with diverse youth within environmental projects, training, and employment.Engage, Connect, Protect is a wake-up call for businesses, activists, educators, and policymakers to recognize the work of grassroots activists in diverse communities and create opportunities for engaging with diverse youth as the next generation of environmental stewards.
Artfully articulates the obscured problem of racism in the country's environmental movement and unapologetically sets forth solutions.
— Elaine Brown, author, The Condemnation of Little B and A Taste of Power
ANGELOU EZEILO is founder and CEO of the Greening Youth Foundation. She is a 2016 Ashoka Fellow and graduate of Spelman College and the University of Florida, College of Law. She lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband of 24 years.
NICK CHILES is one of the nation's foremost chroniclers of African American life, culture, and celebrity. A graduate of Yale, he has won nearly 20 major awards, including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize as part of a New York Newsday team. He lives in Atlanta, GA.
“Ezeilo artfully articulates the obscured problem of racism in the country’s environmental movement and unapologetically sets forth solutions.” —Elaine Brown, author of A Taste of Power
Revealing the deep and abiding interest that African American, Latino, and Native American communities—many of whom live in degraded and polluted parts of the country—have in our collective environment, Engage, Connect, Protect is part eye-opening critique of the cultural divide in environmentalism, part biography of a leading social entrepreneur, and part practical toolkit for engaging diverse youth. It covers:
Why communities of color are largely unrecognized in the environmental movement How to bridge the cultural divide and activate a new generation of environmental stewards A curriculum for engaging diverse youth and young adults through culturally appropriate methods and activities Resources for connecting mainstream America to organizations working with diverse youth within environmental projects, training, and employmentEngage, Connect, Protect is a wake-up call for businesses, activists, educators, and policymakers to recognize the work of grassroots activists in diverse communities and create opportunities for engaging with diverse youth as the next generation of environmental stewards, while the concern about the state of our land, air, and water continues to grow.
“An accessible guide to respond to the inequities faced by persons of color marginalized by mainstream environmentalism.” —Dianne D. Glave, author of Rooted in the Earth
“Highlights the cultural connection to nature that black and brown people have always had, and the need, for the sake of our physical, mental, and spiritual health, for it to be reclaimed.” —Kamilah Martin, Vice President at the Jane Goodall Institute
AWARDS
GOLD2020 Living Now Awards: Evergreen Medal for Nature Conservation
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 november 2019
Aantal pagina's: 240
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Angelou Ezeilo
Tweede Auteur: Nick Chiles
Co Auteur: Nick Chiles
Hoofduitgeverij: New Society Publishers
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 15 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 15 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 435 g
EAN: 9780865719187