Tue, May 23
|Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center
I Care as Deeply as I Feel My Roots
This community discussion "in the round" explores the value of Indigenous thinking on the likelihood of humanity's survival of the climate crisis. Led by published experts and community activists, explore your own assumptions about what makes someone an expert on the environment and human health.
Time & Location
May 23, 2023, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, 3700 Blue Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130, USA
About the event
This community discussion "in the round" explores the value of Indigenous thinking on the likelihood of humanity's survival of the climate crisis. Led by published experts and community activists, explore your own assumptions about what makes someone an expert on the environment and human health.
- Olivia Hill, author of Travel North Black Girl
- Dr. Daniel Wildcat, director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center
- Rachel Jefferson, executive director of Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group
- Carl A. Stafford, artistic director of MY REGION WINS!
In the past five years the nonprofit, environmental and public health sectors have experienced a shift in focus from institutional solution-making to community-led discernment of right preventive action. In this roundtable we will explore recent evidence of inclusion measures, and we will identify the unsung hero organizations of our communities responsible for positive change in the environment and for public health.