About
We are focused on elevating and advancing the narratives and priorities of climate migrant communities and celebrating their relationship to their communities, environment, and climate.
Mission
We are focused on advancing community building, education, and research that supports climate migrant justice.
History
This initiative began through a Thriving Earth Exchange Project called "Learning with the Community: Co-Creating a Migrant Climate Environment in Albany Park, Chicago". The project aimed to move away from the projection of climate change perceptions and prescriptions onto community members by institutions. Instead, we listened to community members to create an inclusive, intercultural, and interdisciplinary understanding of climate change from a diverse community-based perspective.
Our desired outcome of this project was to reflect and elevate narratives that circulate through climate migrant communities and which celebrate their relationship to the environment and climate. By listening to people (i.e. about their experiences, understandings, and values) we were able to better craft community-centered climate change goals through co-planning and co-creation.