January Newsletter: Sharing Gratitude & Excitement for 2024!
Happy New Year! We hope you had a memorable holiday season and a positive start to 2024. At Be the Change, we are energized and excited for the year ahead!
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Are you interested in learning more about climate issues, from the perspectives and experiences of BIPOC youth? Come for an engaging afternoon to hear from BIPOC youth on how climate change and climate justice has impacted their lives and community!
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, March 6th from 2 - 4PM for our Reclaiming the Environmental Narrative (REN) Showcase Event
Be The Change Earth Alliance is excited to announce this event showcasing an amazing group of youth BIPOC storytellers. The REN cohort has been working closely over these past 6 months to create personal, multimedia stories relating to the environment and climate justice.
This event is a culmination of peer meetings, workshops, community building, and multimedia story creation. The REN cohort is so excited to finally share their stories, and connect with their communities to support and amplify BIPOC youth voices in the environmental movement.
Donations from community members like you help Be the Change sustain and grow impactful education programs like Reclaiming the Environmental Narrative. Empower youth and educators through a donation! Thank you for your support.
Warmly,
George Radner (he/him)
Happy New Year! We hope you had a memorable holiday season and a positive start to 2024. At Be the Change, we are energized and excited for the year ahead!
As 2023 comes to a close and school winds down for winter break, we’re taking a moment to reflect back over the past year. 2023 was a very regenerative time for BTCEA! We developed and delivered our Climate Action, Resilience, and Emotions (CARE) program in communities on the frontlines of wildfires in our province. And as an organization, we prioritized creating space to discuss what decolonization could look like both internally, and in our programming. Here are the highlights:
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Dear Be The Change community,
As we approach mid-October, I’m reflecting on the changing seasons, from the warm and active days of summer to the cooler and quieter days of autumn. Personally, I’ve noticed a desire to slow down, take on fewer responsibilities, and stay inside where it’s cozy. Have you felt this way too?
As 21st century humans living in a world that operates under capitalism, white supremacy, and other oppressive systems, we can be made to feel guilt or shame about listening & responding to our needs. We are expected to maintain the same energy and productivity levels throughout the year, no matter how cold or dark the days are, how heavy world events feel, or how much we’re struggling in our personal lives.
This is where the concept of regenerative education comes in. Introduced to the BTCEA team by former staff member Jake, regenerative education calls on us to slow down and turn inward to consider our connection with the natural world. It asks us to examine the living systems that are breaking down due to violent human activity (such as fossil fuel extraction, destruction of Indigenous lands, and human-caused flooding and wildfires) and connect this breakdown with our own high levels of stress.