Support for Black Students of Sustainability :
Getting from Gestural to Structural Change in an Emerging Field
Reacting to statements in support of its Black community from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability after the murder of George Floyd in the USA, 12 Black students write a letter asking the School to move beyond "verbal solidarity" to "actionable change"
This is an "epistolary case"(like the one on infrastructural change for uirine diversion from UM's waste stream) that leverages real correspondence--or a close adaptation thereof. The email exchanges and subsequent developments showcase how wider societal currents can throw into relief areas for organizational change and growth. What are powerful, constructive ways to communicate such needs for chang As importantly, how can such communication be converted into action plans that make a real difference over time? Join the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (UMSEAS) in tackling its own history and persistence of white dominated learning communities and organizational cultures, and see how changes have been made that are currently ongoing, and have improved the work and learning climate, professional development resources and reach of UMSEAS in Michigan, and the world.
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