Originally posted by Population and Development Program on November 11th, 2011
The first night of PopDev, SisterSong, and the Political Economy Research Institute’s Bridging Movements to Build Climate Justice convening, Thursday October 20th, was dedicated to story-telling. Loretta Ross, Nia Robinson, and Jacqueline Patterson each shared histories of reproductive justice, climate justice and environmental justice. The group of about thirty activists from different social justice movements sat together, learning from the veteran organizers.
This story-telling set the tone of the convening, which aimed to bridge the work of reproductive, climate, and environmental justice movements. As a participant in this convening, the importance of telling our own histories stuck with me. Hearing about events that happened before or soon after I was born, which set the stage for the work I do now, was humbling and grounding. It also forced me to think critically about what lies ahead, and how we can strengthen our movements to reach collective goals.
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