Activism
Remote Sensing and Knowledge Co-Production in Northern Haiti
The second research project from the Faculty Research Incubator Program comes from a collaboration across the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of International Service. Entitled “Remote Sensing and Knowledge Co-Production in Northern Haiti,” this project by Dr. Michael Alonzo (CAS) and Dr. Scott Freeman (SIS) focuses on co-producing knowledge about land and environment […]
CECE Director discusses findings from the March to End Fossil Fuels
During Climate Week 2023 in New York City, CECE Director, Dana R. Fisher, spoke with Environmental Educator & Creator of QueerBrownVegan, Isaias Hernandez about her work around climate activism. The conversation took place at the We Don’t Have Time-coordinated Climate Hub and included the findings from her survey of participants at the March to End Fossil […]
CECE Director talks US Open climate protest with TMZ Live
In the build up to the UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit in NYC in September, climate activists worked to raise awareness of the climate crisis through numerous non-violent acts of civil disobedience. Particularly memorable actions took place on Thursday, September 7th, when three activists delayed a game at the US Open in NYC with […]
Vox’s Today Explained Podcast with CECE Director, Dana R. Fisher
CECE Director, Dana R. Fisher, spoke with Noelle King from Vox about how the radical flank is growing in the climate movement in the US. The interview appeared on the Today Explained Podcast on September 26th. It was also written up into this piece: How radical should you be when you’re trying to save the […]
Article: Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky
In her new paper “Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky,” American University School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace invites readers on a journey through space and time in a state with echoes of an oppressive, racially stratified agricultural past and a present of both agrarian exploitation and resistance. “This state names […]
Article: Parity as radical pragmatism: Centering farm justice and agrarian expertise in [...]
From East India to the United States, the history and present reality of the movement for farmer parity is analyzed in a new paper published by American University School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and activist colleagues. Titled “Parity as radical pragmatism: Centering farm justice and agrarian expertise in agricultural policy,” […]