The following page discusses Black Futures’ role in classrooms and guiding teachers & students in their research, discussions, and overall education in related to Black studies, Black ecologies, & African social research.
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Who is the MST? How They Manifest Black Futures
By Yuddy Fermin
On October 13, 2022, Cristina Sturmer, an activist, and researcher with Brazil’s Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Landless Rural Workers Movement participated in Baruch College’s Black Studies Colloquium symposium “Black Futures: Black Ecologies.” The following post is a reflection of what I learned from her talk, from my research on the MST, and how I connected it to our class Afro-Latinidades taught by Dr. Rojo Robles.
Continue reading “Who is the MST? How They Manifest Black Futures”Learning from the MST
By Riki Lorenzo Valdez
Brazil is one of the most racially diverse nations in Latin America and perhaps the world. Yet, there are a lot of racial inequalities and other forms of injustice in the country. As a result, groups such as Brazil’s Landless Workers Movements (MST) have started to fight those inequalities. Cristina Stumers, an activist and researcher, discussed in the “Black Futures, Black Ecologies” symposium what the movement is about, intergenerational struggles, ecological projects they have developed, and their Black Feminist social justice vision. I also learned how their ideas and actions could inspire and empower Afro-Latinxs in the US.
Continue reading “Learning from the MST”Hook, Line, & Sinker: The Food is Poisoned, The Overlap Between Environmental Racism and SCD
By Aissata Sow and Maya Samuel
In their podcast Black Futures Scholars, Aissata Sow and Maya Samuel, evaluate Black Futures and Ecologies in connection with their research for Race, Inequality, and Public Policy (PAF 3010). They discuss climate change and environmental racism, the impact on people who suffer from sickle cell disease, and the intersection with factory farming.
Continue reading “Hook, Line, & Sinker: The Food is Poisoned, The Overlap Between Environmental Racism and SCD”Black Futures and Environmental Racism
By Peter Balluffi-Fry
In spring semester 2023, Black Futures Scholar Peter Balluffi-Fry developed a research paper for PAF 3010 in response to Dr. Nisrin Elamin’s talk on land dispossession and corporate investment in Sudan. His paper, Environmental Racism: The Centuries-Long Exploitation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, examines policies to address climate justice on a global scale. Click on the link below to read Peter’s research.
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