Many of us had a vision for this week, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. There would be millions marching in the streets demanding Climate Justice and pushing for the Green New Deal. Instead, we will have millions online, and the Daily Dose will be sponsoring three different events on Wednesday:
We kick off the morning at 9AM with Black People & the Climate Emergency. Daily Dose blogger Aya De Leon is on the faculty of the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and. she wrote the first novel about Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. In 2019, she gave the keynote for Afro Comic con, discussing how the climate crisis is demanding that Black people save the future.
Zoom link for Black People & the Climate Emergency here.
At noon, three Daily Dose writers come together to offer an multi-genre online writing workshop on writing as climate activism. Join veteran writing teachers Aya De Leon, Vijaya Nagarajan and Elizabeth Stark for prompts, read aloud, and a writer’s Q&A.
Zoom link for Writing as Climate Activism here.
At 3pm, Aya De Leon opens up her Poetry for the People class at UC Berkeley, where she has been commissioning both artists to write about the climate crisis. This reading will feature curated student work, Aya’s fiction, and a world premiere performance by international artist Shailja Patel, funded by UC Berkeley’s Creative Discover Grants.
Zoom link for Poetry for the People: Climate Justice Poetry here.
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