I’m honored to be joining the 2024 Climate Justice Forum, for an evening reception and speaker panel.
Tickets are available here
The night will start off with an opening reception filled with live music, food from Bé Ù, and mocktails. After grabbing some bites, the event will feature a panel between Aishah Abdala, Ayasha Guerin, Royal Ramey, and Emiliano Lopez.
Abolition ecology is a framework that seeks to challenge and transform the existing social and ecological systems that perpetuate exploitation, oppression, and environmental degradation. It combines principles of environmental justice, social justice, and decolonization with an explicit focus on dismantling systems of power and control that perpetuate ecological harm. The ultimate goal of abolition ecology is to liberate people and the places where they live, work, learn, pray and play. The term "abolition" in abolition ecology refers to the notion of abolitionist movements that have historically sought to dismantle oppressive systems, such as slavery and the prison-industrial complex. In the context of ecology, it calls for the abolition of ecologically destructive practices, such as industrial agriculture, extractive industries, and the exploitation of natural resources for profit. It also calls for the abolition of oppressive social structures and hierarchies that perpetuate environmental injustices.
The goals of the Climate Justice Forum are to...
Raise awareness about the contributions that people of color have made to the environmental sustainability movement;
Reframe conceptions of disadvantaged/vulnerable communities;
Stimulate critical dialogue about environmental racism and injustice issues and climate resilience at UCLA and beyond.