Growing up in Los Angeles, Yolanda Davis-Overstreet ’18 (Antioch Los Angeles, MA in Urban Sustainability) spent the ubiquitous sunny afternoons of her childhood pedaling up and down city sidewalks.
Making a Zoo For Everyone by Uplifting Voices of Color
“Growing up as a person of color in a predominantly white town, there were many instances and reasons where I felt like I was on the outside, like I didn’t…
S1E4: Why Environmental Justice Requires Education and a Focus on Equity
In this episode, Institute for Humane Education founder Zoe Weil talks with our co-hosts to dive into the history of humane education, how to move from being a problem solver to being a “solutionary,” and the impact she believes humane education could have on our country and world – especially as we emerge from a global pandemic.
Antiracist Environmental Leadership in a Virtual World
What a different world we live in. About a year ago, I posted in The Nature of Cities about our thriving Master’s program at Antioch University Seattle. The Urban Environmental…
Rasheena Fountain Featured on KBCS Broadcast
Rasheena Fountain, an alumna of the Urban Environmental Education program was recently featured in a KBCS interview titled “More Than One Kind of Nature,” which discusses what shapes our view…
UEE Alums Speak Their Truth at Story Collider Event
On an evening in late June, James King, Stephanie Ung, and Rasheena Fountain, three alumni of AUS’s Urban Environmental Education (UEE) program, told moving and personal stories of family, race,…
The Power of Natural Hair in the Natural Environment
Denaya shorter Denaya Shorter is an alum of the Urban Environmental Education MAEd program at Antioch University Seattle, class of 2018. Denaya Shorter writes on the intersectionality of race, identity,…
Narratives in Landscape: Steve Heller and Don Strauss Discuss Story and Sustainability
Steve Heller, chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, and Don Strauss, founding chair of the Urban Sustainability Masters Program, presented together at the Hawai`i International Conference on the Arts &…
Legacy Building: Community as Teacher
Sue Byers Reflecting on the concerning current state of affairs, Dr. Shirley Cherry, inspiring leader of nonviolent social change shared, “Let it break your heart, but don’t let it break…
Denaya Shorter’s Reflection
denaya shorter This time, about two years ago, I was in the middle of a transition. I was excited, mostly terrified, and extremely uncertain if I was making the right…
People Who Live on the Streets of Seattle
Yi-Mao Chiu The relationship between social justice, city life, and environmental conditions is complex. Where people live and how they live are key to understanding the issues that drive the…
Making Sense of a Senseless Act
Melani Baker The Tree of Life synagogue is in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, the neighborhood where I grew up from ages zero to eighteen and where my family…