Applications Close: June 26th 2025
Applications Close: June 26th 2025
Applications Close: June 26th 2025
ARCHIVE
ARCHIVE
ARCHIVE
THE DIASPORA
THE DIASPORA
THE DIASPORA
Environmental Archive and Incubator Documenting, Connecting, and Amplifying the Global African Diaspora.
Breakdown
Program Breakdown
Program Breakdown
Program Breakdown
Week 1
Week 1
“Land is the Basis of All Struggle”: Orientation & Grounding.
“Land is the Basis of All Struggle”: Orientation & Grounding.
“Land is the Basis of All Struggle”: Orientation & Grounding.
Week 2
Week 2
The Children Remember: (Re)Collecting Memory & Black, African Stories for Environmental Liberation.
The Children Remember: (Re)Collecting Memory & Black, African Stories for Environmental Liberation.
The Children Remember: (Re)Collecting Memory & Black, African Stories for Environmental Liberation.
Week 3
Week 3
Lessons from the Soil - How the Land guides our movements, memory and stories
Lessons from the Soil - How the Land guides our movements, memory and stories
Lessons from the Soil - How the Land guides our movements, memory and stories
Week 4
Week 4
Divided by Colonial Borders—United for Liberation: Reclaiming Land, Becoming Soverign
Divided by Colonial Borders—United for Liberation: Reclaiming Land, Becoming Soverign
Divided by Colonial Borders—United for Liberation: Reclaiming Land, Becoming Soverign
Week 5
Week 5
“Women Hold the Line and Land”: Pan-African and Black Feminist Teachings as Earthwork.
“Women Hold the Line and Land”: Pan-African and Black Feminist Teachings as Earthwork.
“Women Hold the Line and Land”: Pan-African and Black Feminist Teachings as Earthwork.
Week 6
Week 6
“The Fluid Past and Reimagined Future”: Storytelling as a Liberatory Tool.
“The Fluid Past and Reimagined Future”: Storytelling as a Liberatory Tool.
“The Fluid Past and Reimagined Future”: Storytelling as a Liberatory Tool.
This program centers on Black/African liberation, environmental and climate justice, and political education, blending indoor learning with outdoor experiences to ground participants in place-based and movement-based knowledge.
This program centers on Black/African liberation, environmental and climate justice, and political education, blending indoor learning with outdoor experiences to ground participants in place-based and movement-based knowledge.
This program centers on Black/African liberation, environmental and climate justice, and political education, blending indoor learning with outdoor experiences to ground participants in place-based and movement-based knowledge.
We assert our presence and collective power
We assert our presence and collective power
We assert our presence and collective power
Africans existed
in the past.
Africans exist
in the present.
Africans will exist
in the future.
Through Archive the Diaspora and the Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program, we are documenting and amplifying the environmental histories, presents, and future(s) of Africans across the diaspora.
Through Archive the Diaspora and the Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program, we are documenting and amplifying the environmental histories, presents, and future(s) of Africans across the diaspora.
Through Archive the Diaspora and the Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program, we are documenting and amplifying the environmental histories, presents, and future(s) of Africans across the diaspora.
Why We're building this program
Why We're building this program
Why We're building this program
1
Connecting participants to their environment through place-based learning.
Connecting participants to their environment through place-based learning.
Connecting participants to their environment through place-based learning.
2
Teaching political education grounded in Black and African liberation and environmental justice, Pan-African feminism(s). It is time to politicise our environment(s) again.
Teaching political education grounded in Black and African liberation and environmental justice, Pan-African feminism(s). It is time to politicise our environment(s) again.
Teaching political education grounded in Black and African liberation and environmental justice, Pan-African feminism(s). It is time to politicise our environment(s) again.
3
Empowering youth to tell their stories through archival work and movement-building.
Empowering youth to tell their stories through archival work and movement-building.
Empowering youth to tell their stories through archival work and movement-building.
4
Creating a lasting network of Black organizers in climate, environmental and social justice spaces.
Creating a lasting network of Black organizers in climate, environmental and social justice spaces.
Creating a lasting network of Black organizers in climate, environmental and social justice spaces.
Program
Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program
The Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program is an intensive, in-person initiative designed for Black, African diasporic youth (18-24) in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
The Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program is an intensive, in-person initiative designed for Black, African diasporic youth (18-24) in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
The Miriam Makeba Environmental Youth Program is an intensive, in-person initiative designed for Black, African diasporic youth (18-24) in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
“Our future is ours to write. Our stories are ours to tell.”
“Our future is ours to write. Our stories are ours to tell.”
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