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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We hope you are enjoying the start of spring! We want to share with you some highlights from our Reclaiming the Environmental Narrative Showcase last month, as well as the Be The Change Earth Alliance Annual Report for 2021.
RECAP: Reclaiming the Environment Narrative Showcase
A HUGE thank you to everyone who made it to our Reclaiming the Environmental Narrative Showcase on March 6! Our event was co-facilitated by the incredible Jestinne Punzalan from Shades of Sustainability, and youth climate organizer Naomi Leung. A recording of the presentations will be available to everyone who registered on Eventbrite.
This Showcase was the culmination of a Reclaiming the Environmental Narrative (REN), a pilot project where Be the Change mentored and trained BIPOC youth to develop multi-media stories about their personal and community connection to climate change.
Our 6 youth storytellers showcased their diverse collection of stories using an incredible range of media including animation, poetry, photo-visual collages, a play, and a completed book. Read more about these incredible youth and their backgrounds below!
Our sincerest thank you to Anica, Anica, ANA, Nafeesa, Naomi, Sophie, and Tuuli for your dedication, creativity, and strength for sharing powerful stories about justice, identity, and belonging in the climate movement.
BTCEA 2020-21 Annual Report
Our Annual Report for the 2020-21 year is here. Check out highlights and stories of impacts from our work!
Our work is supported by generous donors. Please make your tax-deductible gift to Be the Change today!
Warmly,
George Radner (he/him)
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December 2023 Newsletter - ⛄‘Tis the season to celebrate at Be The Change!⛄
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:
Oct 2023 Newsletter - Check out our mid-October climate-justice resources!
Hello,
An introduction from Communications Coordinator, Lucy Wicken
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.
