Community Conversations is one of the ways the JEDIA committee helps elevate WAEE'srole as a trusted provider of resources, content, and professional development to advance justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (JEDIA) in environmental education (EE) throughout Wisconsin.
Check out our seasonal book club picks and community conversation topics:
2022
2023
In Spring we launched our facilitated community conversations around topics of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion that impact our workplaces and our lives. Each month we featured a different topic with associated resources; our discussions were facilitated by Rachael Lewandowski-Sarette.
2024-25
We held a winter online discussion series about land, resistance, and liberation to unpack two books and hear from folx on the ground about their work to advance environmental justice in this space.
- December 3:
Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica White
- Facilitator: Victoria Rydberg-Nania, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
- January 14:
Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Pennimon
- o Facilitator: Brad Henderson, Wisconsin Farmers Union
- February 25: A Conversation with Venice Williams, Alice’s Garden
- o Facilitator: Leah Holloway, Milwaukee Riverkeeper
This series was hosted by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, in collaboration with Wisconsin Association of Agriculture Educators, FIELD Edventures, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Stay tuned for what we do next!
