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“You can’t have climate change without sacrifice zones, and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people, and you can’t have disposable people without racism.” – Hop Hopkins

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dialogue notes on this topic

Though many of the themes from the monthly dialogues are represented in our blog posts, those posts rarely include all of what was discussed.  Find the notes here from each dialogue raw and uncut. We share them (with names omitted) in an effort to be  accountable and transparent to our larger community, accessible for those who are not able to attend, and saved as archive to return to and draw from.

March 2021: Reflect, Recalibrate, Recommit

While 2021 is racing out of the gates, let’s take a moment to pause. What are the lessons we want to learn from 2020, from the past 4 years of 45, from Freedom Summer, the fight to defend our decaying democracy, the many ways we’ve adapted to pandemic living, grieving and loving, what is (im)possible, dreamable, doable? Let’s take time to gather together to support critical and compassionate reflection on how we are finding our ground in shifting political landscapes, the relationship between inner and outer work, and what fortifies us for the ongoing work […]

September 2019 White Noise Dialogue: Pleasure Activism, Climate Chaos and Building the Irresistible “Yes”

WNC Sept 2019 Dialogue Pleasure Activism, Climate Chaos and Building the Irresistible “Yes” Description: “Ultimately, pleasure activism is us learning to make justice and liberation the most pleasurable experiences we can have on this planet” – adrienne maree brown During this dialogue we want to push ourselves to tie the intelligence of the body to the actual shaping of our everyday realities, especially in the face of climate catastrophe. What does the sensation of pleasure have to teach us about how we can structure our societies, live into our relationships, and relate to non-human beings […]

November 2017: Climate Change, Environmental Racism and Responding to (Un)natural Disasters

Dialogue Description: Recent natural disasters of wind, water and fire have been brutally extreme in degree and frequency – weekly wakes of immeasurable devastation through communities, homes, ecosystems and lives. In times of severe crisis and long, slow recovery, how can we strengthen community responses and resilience? How can we simultaneously resist ways that corporate and governmental powers can exploit shock for development gain? When disasters strike close to home or at home, how can we connect our heartbreak and concern to more distant realities (made distant by geography and by racism) of communities who […]
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