I’ll be in conversation with the audience about conservation, the environment, and how we all can bring our whole selves to the work at hand.

School is back in session! Excited to lean into some good storytelling and conversation with the incoming student leaders at Harvard who will be taking other students into the great outdoors.

Part 2: Sites of Experimentation
Wednesday 7th May, 5 - 6:30 PM CEST

With Molemo Moiloa, Jocelyn Imani & Ameyali Ramos,
Moderated by Dr. Carolyn Finney

Borrowing its title from a phrase by Bayo Akomolafe, our second conversation will move to territories namely in ‘breakdown’ to give space to projects, communities and practices that continue their work in times that feel like the end of the/their world. This panel will invite both conservation practitioners, artists and activists who, through different methodologies, approaches, and languages, actively work from the ruins of “stability” to continue nourishing radically different imaginaries and cosmologies of how we relate to the earth and with both the human and more than human world.

Part 1: When Things Fall Apart
Wednesday 16th April, 5 - 6:30 PM CEST

With Pat McCabe, Rachel Ikemeh & Neema P. Broome,
Moderated by Dr. Carolyn Finney

Join me (virtually) “for our first in-conversation dialogue, the Conservation Futures Dialogues bring leading conservation practitioners and thinkers to engage with us in a discussion about the prospected futures of conservation practices and environmental action during a time of social, economic, political, cultural and ecological collapse. How can we imagine continuing to sustain communities and practitioners at the frontline of conservation at a time when things seem to be falling apart? How do different actors engage with this time of crisis and transformation of the political horizon we are embedded in?”

Sharing my work with the folks at the New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill. This will be a virtual event - all are welcome!

1. So excited to be part of the sixth annual Taking Nature Black Conference! The conference takes place over four days and the first two days are virtual allowing for maximum participation. I will be giving a keynote on the themes “Reclamation and Resilience” on Thursday, March 4th.

As part of International Women’s month, I will join a panel discussion that elevates women on our terms. More to come…

I will be part of three-person panel who will watch 110 minutes of documentary shorts and share our insights on women and non-gender conforming people who bring their all to outdoor adventure. Find out more here: https://nomanslandfilmfestival.org/about

I will be talking about my work and my book in a keynote address at the Baker University Center. Stay tuned for more info…

I will be sharing my story and my work with students at the University of Vermont - excited to see what emerges…

Join me and the folks at Westminster University for a keynote and good conversation!

I am thrilled to be doing a keynote to celebrate the amazing activists and advocates who champion the environment and their communities. The event will be virtual and in-person and you can find out more about it here:

https://www.fractracker.org/get-involved/sentinel-award/

I am thrilled to be participating in this virtual event that will be held over two days by the Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum on Oct. 18th and 19th. I will be moderating a panel on Eco Literacies and Possibilities with three fabulous creativies: Dr. Lauret Savoy (author of Trace), Mistinguette Smith (Essayist, the Black/Land Project) and Brenda Cárdenas (Poet, Boomerang). Join us online!

https://anacostia.si.edu/2024welsummit

Join me at Middlebury College as I lean into some great conversation with award-winning filmmakers Andre Lambertson and Zaire Love who will share their work documenting the human experience and elevating Black stories.

https://www.middlebury.edu/events/event/seeing-believing-black-voices-new-stories

Looking forward to sharing my keynote with diverse folks from Vermont who will be leaning into good conversation about relationship, belonging and green possibilities. You can find out more about the conference here:

https://sites.google.com/view/2024-conservation-conference/home

Excited to join the folks at Bryant University in Rhode Island on Thursday, September 26th to share stories and talk about my work. If you’re in the area, please join us!

https://events.bryant.edu/event/bryant-impact-core-gen-ed-speaker-series-carolyn-finney-author-of-black-faces-white-spaces

I will spend part of my day with students working on their Masters in Theology & Ecology; leaning into some good conversation about creativity and imagination on the podcast, Iron Sharpening Iron, and sitting down to an intimate dinner at the Farminary where I will share some of my work and their good food grown on the land that will be prepared by the world class chef Joe Rocchi. Join us!