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.
Join Family Services for their annual Report to the Community as they highlight the successes during a challenging year and talk about their plans for 2022.
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!
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
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Join The Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center to start the week of Attica Remembrance with an introduction to the history and legacy of the Attica Uprising. Featuring Brian Boles from beyond the wall.
Hosted in collaboration with The Newburgh Free Library and Vassar Wealth Redistribution Project.
Register here.
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.
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.