Join me and the folks at Westminster University for a keynote and good conversation!

I am thrilled to be doing a keynote to celebrate the amazing activists and advocates who champion the environment and their communities. The event will be virtual and in-person and you can find out more about it here:

https://www.fractracker.org/get-involved/sentinel-award/

I am thrilled to be participating in this virtual event that will be held over two days by the Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum on Oct. 18th and 19th. I will be moderating a panel on Eco Literacies and Possibilities with three fabulous creativies: Dr. Lauret Savoy (author of Trace), Mistinguette Smith (Essayist, the Black/Land Project) and Brenda Cárdenas (Poet, Boomerang). Join us online!

https://anacostia.si.edu/2024welsummit

Join me at Middlebury College as I lean into some great conversation with award-winning filmmakers Andre Lambertson and Zaire Love who will share their work documenting the human experience and elevating Black stories.

https://www.middlebury.edu/events/event/seeing-believing-black-voices-new-stories

Looking forward to sharing my keynote with diverse folks from Vermont who will be leaning into good conversation about relationship, belonging and green possibilities. You can find out more about the conference here:

https://sites.google.com/view/2024-conservation-conference/home

Excited to join the folks at Bryant University in Rhode Island on Thursday, September 26th to share stories and talk about my work. If you’re in the area, please join us!

https://events.bryant.edu/event/bryant-impact-core-gen-ed-speaker-series-carolyn-finney-author-of-black-faces-white-spaces

I will spend part of my day with students working on their Masters in Theology & Ecology; leaning into some good conversation about creativity and imagination on the podcast, Iron Sharpening Iron, and sitting down to an intimate dinner at the Farminary where I will share some of my work and their good food grown on the land that will be prepared by the world class chef Joe Rocchi. Join us!

Excited to give a keynote and share in some generative conversation with the folks at Washington State University Everett! You can register here:

https://everett.wsu.edu/everett-empowered/

I will be giving a keynote and digging into some generative conversation with folks from the National Park Service and the Golden Gate Conservancy at the Presidio in San Francisco.

Excited to be part of the conversation with a talk entitled: Our Story: Blackness, Belonging & Dreaming the Family Tree.

I will be speaking at the University of Tennessee Knoxville - more information can be found at: https://www.lib.utk.edu/news/2024/01/carolyn-finney-author-of-black-faces-white-spaces-to-speak-february-29/

Speaking at the University of Vermont

I will be giving a virtual keynote - stay tuned for more info!

Leaning into virtual conversation with members of Arcadis about environmental & systemic racism, and possibility…

I will be moderating and digging into some good conversation with artists and culture workers from diverse communities. Join us at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine!

Virtual keynote on environment, race and belonging - join us!

Join me in Columbus, Ohio for a talk and a walk celebrating freedom!