Featuring:
Kathryn Pearson, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, HHH
Bill Doherty, Department of Family Social Science, CEHD
Colin Agur, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, CLA
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
Featuring:
Emmy Kegler, Pastor, Grace Community Lutheran Church
Chris Stedman, Author, Faitheist
Tahil Sharma, Regional Coordinator for North America, United Religions Initiative (Interfaith Youth Core Alum)
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
Featuring:
Elissa Hansen, President & CEO of Northspan
Peter Lindstrom, Metropolitan Council Member, District 10
Shannon Smith Jones, Executive Director, Hope Community
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
Featuring Tom McBride
and Charles Westerberg
Co-Authors of Marist Mindset List
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
Featuring LaTasha Barnes
and Gaby Cook
Members of Swing Out
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
Featuring William R. Fry Jr.
and Rob Weidenfeld
members of Braver Angels
Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune
The Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund, a partnership between the City of Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Foundation and the McKnight Foundation, was created to connect corporate and philanthropic giving with place-based, community-driven initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Minneapolis. Leaders from these funding partners discuss the first round of grants awarded in the summer of 2019, as well as their work with communities for future grant cycles and their dreams for the program.
How can the legal concepts of copyright and common property be brought to bear on environmental justice issues? Aviva Rahmani created Blued Trees Symphony as copyrighted art with nature installations in the path of fossil-fuel pipelines.
Artists in all art forms facilitate important cultural work within communities, especially those affected by climate change or environmental issues that intersect with identity and economics. Often artists are uniquely qualified to see unexpected solutions to problems and to create perspectives to help people understand challenging ideas.
“Environmental justice” and “intersectionality” arguably have been two of the most popular buzzwords in social science research in recent years. Both concepts are rooted in radical Black traditions, environmental justice in anti-racist community organizing in the U.S.’s South, and intersectionality in Black feminist legal scholarship. Both concepts have traveled significantly from their original respective homes and have been used to examine issues ranging from fatphobia to climate change.
