From accessibility of public lands to health effects of burning fossil fuels, examples of environmental injustice are deeply woven into environmental issues in Wisconsin. The Great Waters Group has partnered with the Sierra Club Wisconsin for an online Environmental Justice Event Series.
We hope these events provide a chance to explore the inequities rooted within environmental impacts.
Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty: Virtual Keynote Featuring Leah and Naima Penniman
98% of agricultural land is white-owned. Listen to a riveting keynote address delivered by Soul Fire Farm’s co-founder and farm manager Leah Penniman about racial injustice in the food system
Register here to get the Zoom link.
Thursday, Nov., 11 at 7 p.m. 
Indigenous Resistance to Mining in Wisconsin: panel discussion
Indigenous communities in Wisconsin have been leading the fight against destructive mining for decades.
Register here to get the Zoom link.
Thursday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. Environmental Justice and Sierra Club
Register here to get the Zoom link.
If you missed the presentation by Ice Age Trail thru-hiker Emily Ford (pictured) on race and the outdoors, see the recording here.