Being Black and Seeing Green: Risking to Gain and Playing the Long Game with Carolyn Finney – April 16

Being Black and Seeing Green: Risking to Gain and Playing the Long Game
Carolyn Finney, Storyteller, Author and a Cultural Geographer
Friday, Apr. 16, 12-1 p.m.
Virtual Link

Christian Cooper. George Floyd. John Muir. Systemic racism. Cancel Culture. In this moment of racial reckoning, how do we call ourselves out in order to call ourselves in? What does “keeping it real” look like in this moment? Our loftier ideals won’t matter if we don’t deal with the truth on the ground. More Details.

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Upcoming Events:

4/23 – Deeohn Ferris, President, Institute for Sustainable Communities
4/30 – Xavier Brown, Founder of Soilful and Co-founder of SouthEats
5/07 – Anila Jacob, Food Security and Global Health Liaison, USAID

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About Gund xChange talks:

The Gund xChange (pronounced “Exchange”) event series reflects the Gund Institute for Environment’s goals of exchange – of research and solutions – between scholars and society, and real-world change.Learn more at uvm.edu/gund.

Nora Shahoud
Assistant to the Director
Gund Institute for Environment
University of Vermont
Farrell Hall
210 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05405
Telephone: (802) 656-2906
Email: nora.shahoud@uvm.edu