BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:131@lincolnconservation.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T200000 DTSTAMP:20230214T143303Z URL:https://lincolnconservation.org/events/on-belonging-in-outdoor-spaces- black-earth-wisdom-with-leah-penniman/ SUMMARY:On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: Black Earth Wisdom with Leah Pennim an DESCRIPTION:The On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces is a free speaker series fea turing speakers whose work is advancing efforts to strengthen belonging an d connection between communities of color and the outdoors. \n\nBlack Ear th Wisdom: Afro-Ecological Survival Strategies\n\nEcological humility is p art of the cultural heritage of Black people. While our 400+ years immersi on in racial capitalism has attempted to squash that connection to the sac red earth\, there are those who persist in believing that the land and wat ers are family members\, and who act accordingly. In Black Earth Wisdom\, Leah Penniman weaves together the lessons from today’s most respected Bl ack environmentalists\, those who have cultivated the skill of listening t o the lessons that Earth has whispered to them. Together\, we embark on a sensory journey through Black ecological thought.\n\nIn this time\, we are acutely aware of the fractures in our system of runaway consumption and c orporate insatiability. We feel the hot winds of wildfire\, the disruption s of pandemic\, and the choked breath of the victims of state violence. We know there is no going back to “normal.” The path forward demands tha t we take our rightful places as the younger siblings in creation\, deferr ing to the oceans\, forests\, and mountains as our teachers.\n\nThose whos e skin is the color of soil are reviving their ancestral and ancient pract ice of listening to the Earth to know which way to go. As Dr. Carver expla ined\, “How do I talk to a little flower? Through it I talk to the Infin ite. And what is the Infinite? It is that silent\, small force… that sti ll small voice.”\nLeah Penniman (all pronouns) is a Black Kreyol farmer\ , mother\, soil nerd\, author\, and food justice activist from Soul Fire F arm in Grafton\, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the missio n to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. As Co-ED and Farm Director\, Leah is part of a team that facilitate s powerful food sovereignty programs - including farmer training for Black &\; Brown people\, a subsidized farm food distribution program for com munities living under food apartheid\, and domestic and international orga nizing toward equity in the food system. Leah has been farming since 1996\ , holds an MA in Science Education and a BA in Environmental Science and I nternational Development from Clark University\, and is a member of clergy in West African Indigenous Orisa tradition. Leah trained at Many Hands Or ganic Farm\, Farm School MA\, and internationally with farmers in Ghana\, Haiti\, and Mexico. She also served as a high school biology and environme ntal science teacher for 17 years. The work of Leah and Soul Fire Farm has been recognized by the Soros Racial Justice Fellowship\, Fulbright Progra m\, Pritzker Environmental Genius Award\, Grist 50\, and James Beard Leade rship Award\, among others. Her books\, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Far m's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018) and Black Earth Wisdo m: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023) are love song s for the land and her people.\nThe host organizations for this speaker se ries are Farrington Nature Linc\, deCordova Scuplture Park and Museum\, Ma ss Audubon\, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust\, The Walden Woods Project\, and The Food Project. Generous sponsorship of the Winter 2023 series by Th e Ogden Codman Trust\, Freedom's Way National Heritage Area\, and the Linc oln Cultural Council.\nRegister Here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lincolnconservation.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2023/02/Leah_SM.png CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR