Reaching Local Communities With Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Environmental Education (virtual)

Learn how bringing more equity and inclusion into the environmental field is the best way to reach our communities with Eli Caref. Register here!

Eli Caref was born and raised in the concrete playgrounds of Brooklyn, New York, and throughout her childhood believed that nature was always “somewhere else.” Through her years in Environmental Education in and around New York City, she now knows that wildlife is everywhere you look, and her goal is to help all of her students find it in their own backyards. Eli will speak about her journey into this career path, working with local schools and students, and how bringing more equity and inclusion into our field is the best way to really work with and in our communities.

A Discussion with Black Environmental Industry Professionals (virtual)

In this virtual webinar, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is thrilled to provide the space led by and for Black environmental professionals to share their work and amplify the visibility of the Black community in the environment to the next generation. Our incredible panelists will be joining us from throughout NYC and the Hudson Valley and will be sharing their professional journeys across the environmental field, from education, to research, to development and communications. Register here!

Panelists:

  • Megan Lung, Hudson River Estuary Program Environmental Analyst/NEIWPCC
  • Tanasia Swift, Field Station Program Manager at The Billion Oyster Project
  • Benita Law-Diao, Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardner, Patroon Creek Greenway Feasibility Study Community Liaison
  • Jerome Cunningham, Development and Communications Associate at Groundwork Hudson Valley
  • Zoraida Lopez-Diago, Program Director at Scenic Hudson’s River Cities Program

O+ BHMK Mural Tour (in person)

Enjoy a tour of some of O Positive’s most fascinating outdoor wall murals. This is a specially guided walk that will provide you with an exciting and interesting experience of unique art in Kingston.

The walk will begin at 10am at the Black Lives Matter Mural located at 695 Broadway at Liberty St. in Kingston, NY 12401, USA and last approximately 75-90 min. Masking and social distancing required.

Enjoy a tour of some of O Positive’s most fascinating outdoor wall murals. This is a specially guided walk that will provide you with an exciting and interesting experience of unique art in Kingston.

The ARC Celebrates Douglass Day 2022 (virtual)

Join the African Roots Center to celebrate Frederick Douglass’s Birthday! Although Douglass never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th.

Register here!

More Than a Land Acknowledgement with Heather Bruegl (remote)

Learn how to create a land acknowledgement that is living and full of action. Join WMA JDEI and Scenic Hudson on Zoom as Heather Bruegl, M.A. (Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee) Director of Education for the Forge Project Fellowship Program presents, “More Than a Land Acknowledgement.”

Have you ever wondered about the history of the land that you are on? Do you understand the impacts of colonialism on the land and Native Nations? Do you want to do more than just acknowledge the land? This workshop gives you a history of Federal Indian policy that led to land loss and provides 5 steps on how to create a land acknowledgement that does more than just putting words on paper. Learn how to create a land acknowledgement that is living and full of action.

Register here!

50th Anniversary Attica Uprising Abolitionist Roundtable (remote)

Join The Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center for a roundtable discussion. This event will bring together different perspectives to discuss the continuing importance of the Attica Uprising. We will focus on how we can take the lessons from the Attica Uprising and apply them to our own processes for creating abolitionist futures today.

PANELISTS: Dr. Joy James, Dominique Morgan, Damien Pascal-Domenack, Mustafa Sullivan

 

Register here!

Community Cookout

We invite you all to attend the Community Cookout scheduled for Sunday, September 12th from noon to 3:00 pm at Victor C. Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. The event is sponsored by Decarcerate the Hudson Valley (see flyer below). ENJAN will have a table there to pass out information and talk with people about our organization.

RSVP here!

If you would like to volunteer to help out with this event, please contact Jeffrey Schneider via email: jeschneider@vassar.edu. Jeff will be discussing the event at the next ENJAN meeting.

Please note the rain date is September 19th.

ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) Meeting

Every second and fourth Wed. of the month, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. MEETING OF ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) in Poughkeepsie. ENJAN is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”).

Contact ENJANHV@gmail.com for the Zoom link or join in person.