About Our Earth Rising Program

Earth Rising is a year-long project aimed to provide environmental justice education to underserved communities including groups with limited English proficiency. As an Earth Rising fellow, members participate in an educational curriculum emphasizing the ways in which the environment intersects with social justice and everyday life. Moreover, Earth Rising aims to support the next generation of community leaders of color and improve their self-efficacy for environmental change. The program creates space for fellows to explore strategic partnerships with community partners while establishing a strong foundation of allyship and understanding solidarity’s role in advancing environmental justice work.

Four Core Principles
1. Environmental Literacy

• Introduces climate change, the relationship between the environment and community issues, and fieldwork opportunities partnered with community stakeholders.

2. History, Identity, and Environment

• Explores the history of environmental racism and promotes learning through fieldwork experiences

3. Development of Values and Community Assets

• Builds empowerment and self-efficacy among fellows by utilizing knowledge and learning from fieldwork

4. Build an Action Plan

• Trains fellows to collectively develop a tangible Community Curriculum that will be shared with municipalities and partners in the Southern U.S. coastline

 

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