Encuentro 2018 The author learns how to tan a hide at the Menīkānaehkem Community Center in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin by Emanuel Preciado, June 2019. On a trip last November to the Menominee Nation’s reservation, I had the honor to stay on the reservation as a guest who traveled with others from [...]
Encuentro 2018 UC Irvine Students experience snow at the Menīkānaehkem farm in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin By Karen Valladares. June 6, 2019. Last fall, I had the honor of being able to attend the encuentro between Santa Ana and the Menominee Nation in Wisconsin. I never imagined how life-changing the experience would [...]
Environmental Justice Writing Award Ceremony Click to download as PDF The 2019 UCI Courageous and Transformative Action for Environmental Justice Writing Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 4, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the Humanities Gateway, Room 1010. The ceremony included readings from select [...]
Join the 2019-20 Community Resilience Student Team 2017-18 student fellows from across the UC convene in an outdoor classroom during a leadership training intensive led by UCI Community Resilience Projects UCI Community Resilience Projects invites student applicants to join the 2019-20 Community Resilience student team. Participating students will receive an academic [...]
Encuentro: Land and Freedom Exchange among community-based organizations in Santa Ana, California, and in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin Exchanging stories about healing through the recovery of land and language at Menīkānaehkem Community Center in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin In November 2018, community-based organizations in Santa Ana, California, and in the [...]
Cultural Strategies for Environmental Justice Visiting Hip-Hop Artist Will See January 21-25, 2019 Will See is a hip-hop artist, poet-MC, environmental justice (EJ) activist, and cultural worker from Detroit. He brings attention to issues of environment, race and class through his art and activism. He worked as Co-Director of the East Michigan Environmental [...]
Karen Valladares Karen Valladares is a fourth-year first-generation undergraduate student majoring in Public Health Policy. She was inspired to go into public health after understanding the numerous events she had witnessed growing up were inhumane and unjust. Witnessing her mother’s unpleasant experiences sparked her passion to be a voice for those who cannot [...]
Emanuel Preciado Manny is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Urban Planning and Policy focused on community-driven planning, urban sociology, social movements, and community-based research. As an urban planner, he is most interested in the spatial politics of low-income communities of color. Currently, Manny explores how urban gardens can revitalize communities and their [...]
Navjyot (Navi) Gill Navjyot Gill is a second-year PhD student in the Criminology, Law and Society department at UC Irvine and a Eugene Cota-Robles Fellow. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with Honors and received her B.A. in History and Ethnic Studies. Her research examines neighborhood change, social and economic inequalities [...]