From the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County:
Environmentalists of Color and Latinx in the Field Panel
The community is invited to join a conversation with Raquel Garcia Alvarez, Founder of Environmentalists of Color, and EOC member Glenda Gonzalez for a conversation about their experience as Hispanic women professionals working in the environmental field. Ms. Gonzalez grew up in Harvard, IL, and will also talk about growing up loving nature in McHenry County.
Time/Date: July 22, 2020 4-5pm
Location: Virtual Zoom meeting (link below)
Environmental Defenders is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86193070806?pwd=RnZ1MmJOdHR2QWpSNEFpT1c1Z1VSZz09
Meeting ID: 861 9307 0806
Password: 742452
EOC was started in response to the current and historical exclusion of people of color in the environmental field. EOC envisions an inclusive and representative environmental field where environmentalists of color have the resources needed to thrive personally and professionally in leading an equitable, inclusive and sustainable future.
The program is organized by Conversacion de Conservacion, a collaborative project of Hispanic Connections Woodstock and four McHenry County conservation organizations: The Environmental Defenders, Conservation District, The Land Conservancy and Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, in order to connect local conservation programs and McHenry County’s growing Hispanic population.
Please check the Conversacion de Conservacion Facebook page for information about other upcoming events and activities marking the 2020 Latino Conservation Week from July 18-26.
Raquel Garcia Alvarez is a leader within the Environmentalists of Color Network, a network bringing together people of color in various environmental fields. Her day job is working for the Forest Preserves of Cook County as the Stewardship Program Coordinator. Her work entails supporting the hundreds of volunteers that steward over 90 Forest Preserves in Cook County. Raquel has a Master’s degree in Environment and Natural Resource Management from the University of Iceland in Reykjavík and an undergraduate degree in Animal Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Raquel is from the vibrant south side Little Village neighborhood, and has visited over 37 countries. She loves nature and considers herself a bad vegan.
Born and raised in Harvard, IL, Glenda Gonzalez grew up spending long summer days outside climbing trees, strolling through Rush Creek Natural Preserve and biking around town. At an early age she appreciated the beauty of the natural world and knew that she would dedicate her career to protecting and serving the environment. As an undergrad studying International Relations and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Glenda travelled and lived in Kenya to gain hands-on experience in community-based conservation. Realizing that a four month stint wasn’t enough, she joined the Peace Corps and worked as an Eco-tourism Consultant in Panama. Upon her return to the U.S. Glenda moved to Chicago and worked for the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum as an environmental educator and programs coordinator. More recently Glenda traveled to Southeast Asia to volunteer at an Elephant Sanctuary and get real world exposure to the juxtaposition of the natural world and the demands of globalization. A natural collaborator, Glenda helps to drive and promote positive behavior change while sharing the wonders of the natural world with people. She is delighted to be back in the midwest (her favorite natural area) and loves spending time in restored prairie land and admiring oak trees.
Moderated by Juanita Vega, Environmental Defenders and Lisa Haderlein, The Land Conservancy.
Maybe these people should get real jobs and stop the fakery.
I don’t know about anyone else, but isn’t environmentalism like one of the most liberal things out there?
It’s almost religion to them.
I’d be quite surprised if racism is such a big problem in that field.
“So today we’re going to plant some wild prairie grass seed to restore the plain to its natural condi..”
“WHAT ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM!?”
“Uhhh…”
“Today we’re going to check the pH of the soil near the river ba…”
“WHAT ABOUT LIBERATING TRANS LIVES FROM CISGENDER PATRIARCHAL NORMS?!”
**I’d be quite surprised if racism is such a big problem in that field.**
Racism is everywhere.
Left, right, everywhere.
It is not always as explicit and brutal is we see on this here blog, but its out there all over the political spectrum.
Alabama at 1:27 PM states:
“Racism is everywhere.
Left, right, everywhere.”
Go ahead Alabama. Document for us with data, specifics, dates that it has and is occurring here in our McHenry County.
Yes on the “national scene” we have seen it with comments by Dufus Dementia Moron Democrat Joe Biden. His most racist statement was when in early 2007 he insulted every single African American by saying that Senator Barak Obama who announced he was running for the presidency was, “The first mainstream, African American who is articulate and bright and clean and nice-looking guy.”
That was an absolutely incredible slam on all African Americans and the Democrats and the mostly left wing Democrat media let Joe off the hook on that rather then demand for his immediate resignation from the Senate.
But, what an interesting ID of AlabamaShake. That State was very racist including the Democrat Governor Wallace who tried to block African Americans from entering a university.
Loons