Civic Cinema Double Feature: Teaching Environmental Justice in Chicago
April 24, 2024
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UIC Earth Month 2024
Civic Cinema Double Feature: Teaching Environmental Justice in Chicago
Presented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 3pm-5pm
Where: Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B
Join us for our first Double Feature Civic Cinema to honor land and water defenders who have lost their lives in the fight for environmental and climate justice. Following the screening, environmental educators will discuss how they implement local and global issues of environmental justice into their teaching practices.
Berta Didn’t Die She Multiplied (30 mins) honors the life of Honduran environmental activist, Berta Caceres. Carceres spent her life defending the many campesinxs fighting for land justice, clean water and Indigenous Sovereignty in Honduras and was murdered in 2017 for her commitment to this work.
'Now you're a terrorist': Atlanta's Cop City Crackdown (25 mins) focuses on the decentralized movement of environmental and social justice activists in Atlanta, Georgia with the aim to stop the construction of “Cop City.” In 2023, Tortuguita, a 26-year-old Indigenous queer and non-binary environmental activist and community organizer, was shot and killed by Georgia state troopers for defending the Atlanta forest.
Panelists:
Briana Urena and Bee Rodriguez, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
Luis Cabrales, Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Big Marsh Park
Light refreshments will be provided.
Date posted
Apr 17, 2024
Date updated
Apr 17, 2024