3rd Annual Multicultural Environmental Education Conference

This is a valuable grassroots event for networking and learning with and from peers and leaders in the field! And, it’s FREE!!! With FREE LUNCH!!! Space is running out fast so Register NOW here. See below for more info on our incredible sessions and our opening keynote speaker.

Sessions include (and there is more to come!):

• Exploring a Research Agenda for Multicultural Environmental Education conducted by Running-Grass and Yve Susskind    
• Tidepools for the People: A Latino Lens on Culturally Responsive Marine Interpretation      
• Undocumented Youth: Real Hope vs. False Hope      
• Mainstream Environmentalism and Communities of Color: Transforming a Colonialist Monologue into an Equitable Conversation.           
• The Colors of Our Future 
• The Role of Critical Pedagogy in Multicultural Environmental Education  – conducted by Running-Grass

And…

Keynote Speaker: Belinda Chin

Belinda is the program coordinator for Seattle Parks & Recreation’s Good Food Program, an urban food system initiative which offers public programs and hands-on experiences through one million square feet of gardens and orchards. She is a current board member of E3 Washington, a non-profit supporting environmental and sustainability education statewide. She is a former board member of Seattle Audubon, Urban Wilderness Works, Community and Parents for Public Schools, and was a Trustee for the Bob & Eleanor Grant Scholarship Fund. She is a graduate of the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Core Team training. Belinda is passionate about nurturing a new generation of environmentalists that reflects the diverse demographic of 2042 with the skills to facilitate environmental justice literacy, community building, and civic engagement. In 2012, she helped establish the Seattle Chapter of Environmental Professionals of Color (EPOC), a project of the Center for Diversity and the Environment based out of Portland, OR. Prior to Parks & Recreation, she enjoyed work as a science teacher with Seattle School District, a museum educator, and a National Park Service ranger.