Intersectional Environmentalist

Hey LA, come to an Intersectional Environmentalist X Parks Project film screening! 📽 Do you know about Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest park ranger in the U.S.? ⭐ Join us Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 @ 7 PM for an exclusive sneak peek 👀 screening of ‘Sign My Name to Freedom’ at Parks Project’s Discovery Center in Culver City, LA. ‘Sign My Name to Freedom’ explores Betty's story beyond the park service and dives into her personal story as a civil rights pioneer and singer/songwriter. 🎙 📼 This event will include a 24-minute sneak peek screening with guest speakers; Film director, Bryan Gibel, as well as Betty’s granddaughter, Alyana Reid, who will be answering Q&A’s following the screening with the support of Leah Thomas, and Diandra Marizet Esparza from the our IE team. 💛 Sign up to attend this special event at https://lnkd.in/g3EKyibY We hope to see you there!

Some of our top communication strategies dropping tomorrow!! 👀

Earlier this year, IE's Director of Impact Diandra Marizet Esparza had the opportunity to speak at a Public Rally at NARUC, a conference funded by the fossil fuel industry where state regulators gather to make decisions about how much you’ll pay on your energy bill and what utility options are available. Spaces like these need #ClimateJustice voices to ensure that we have a say in the future we want to build. If you’d like to feature an IE speaker, visit our website to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eaxEGatf

NYC we're having an event 6/22 now open to everyone including NYC students! RSVP on earthsessions.com . This event is in partnership with TREEage and Earth Sessions hosted by Leah Thomas Kiana Kazemi and Shiv Soin We'll be giving away books, having conversations about environmental action, and listening to incredible performances. RSVP on earthsessions.com can't wait to see you there (and help spread the word!) <3

✨ An IE Contributor Spotlight ✨ These past few weeks, Adina Farinango donated precious artivism hours to support IE's efforts to educate + inspire our growing community. Adina is a Kichwa-Otavalo artist who uses her work as a form of resistance, healing, and self-expression. Through her art, she embraces her identity as an Indigenous woman within the Kichwa diaspora. Drawing heavily from the resilience and strength of matriarchs in her community—past , present and future—she aims to Indigenize spaces, focusing on reclaiming them through a matriarchal perspective. She is currently based in NYC (Lenapehoking). Check out some of her beautiful work on the IE platform that reached over 100k community members in just a few short days!

Grant opportunity: Applications are now open for Nature's Path Foods' annual Gardens for Good program 🌿 This year, 10 organic community gardens in the United States and 5 organic community gardens in Canada will be awarded grants of $7500 each! Applications are live through June 24 through the link here: https://lnkd.in/gh_hfjeg Last year, we had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with the Nature's Path team on our toolkit, How Organic Can Save the Planet, where we highlighted some of Gardens for Good grant recipients: https://lnkd.in/e8b5Y2nP If you'd like to bring an educational toolkit to life, feel free to reach out to us through partnerships@isxenvironmentalist.com 🌻

The climate crisis is terrifying. We’re all constantly dealing with the anxiety of that reality. In my struggles with climate anxiety, I’ve come to find that the only thing that really helps is taking action. But how do we take action on a problem that feels so big? The good news is that taking action locally can actually have dramatic positive impacts. Which is where the Intersectional Environmentalist Database comes in. We’ve compiled a central hub for 500+ incredible grassroots environmental justice organizations across the US. You can search by location, cause, identity, and topic to find organizations fighting for everything from environmental justice in frontline communities to sustainable solutions led by Indigenous voices. Please check it out, donate your time or resources to a cause you care about, and tackle those feelings of doom with hope directly from the people around you! What orgs should we add next? #Intersectionalenvironmentalism #volunteer #Empowerment #EJforAll #Local #ClimateJustice #Grassroots #Changemaker #Sustainable #CommunityCare #environmentalism #connection

Last month, IE Executive Director Diandra Marizet Esparza had the opportunity to visit Penn State University to speak to students and faculty about climate justice and what students on campus are already doing to support an intersectional environmentalist future. Educating and inspiring action towards #climatejustice is huge pillar of our work - if you’d like to feature an IE speaker, visit our website to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eaxEGatf

Your weekend podacst listen is now live! 😎 The KEEN team and IE have been thinking about CLIMATE FUNDING! This episode of 'The Joy Report', we worked together to explore one of the most significant pieces of legislation that US Congress has taken on behalf of clean energy and climate change. What is it? How exactly is it supporting the work of grassroots organizations - if at all? 💵 🔍👀 Check out our first ever episode exploring climate funding as we hear Arielle King take a magnifying lens to funding mechanisms that drive BILLIONS of dollars towards emerging solutions in climate justice work, and where we go from here.

We're so excited about our new volunteer board! Check out all the ways you can volunteer with IE today!