Of Sea and Thunder and Spring – Earth Day Celebration 2017

Organized collaboratively by ECO Girls at the University Michigan and the BlackGirlLandProject at Michigan State University, this Earth Day gathering was designed to foster discussion about women’s ties to the natural world, with a focus on black women’s histories and literatures.

Participants shared stories of women’s perceptions of nature, uses of land, links to particular environments, and considered the application of these stories in our present political and environmental moment. Learn more about this event and Environment for Girls.

Tiya Miles with ECO Girls organizers Elizabeth James (right), Marjai Kamara, and Zakiyah Sayyed (left to right) at the Intellectual Retreat on Black Women and Environment, co-sponsored by ECO Girls and the BlackGirlLandProject, Ann Arbor MI, April 2017.

Of Sea and Thunder and Spring Earth Day 2017

ECO Girls does not currently have plans to offer programming for this academic year, 2017-2018. Their collaborations to further environmental consciousness are ongoing! Visit a new environmental education website created in part by ECO Girls faculty. Learn more about the Red Thunder Oral History Project.