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3561 - Frontline Communities and Struggles for Racial, Environmental, and Economic Justice
Mon, August 12, 4:30 to 6:10pm, Sheraton New York, Floor: Third Floor, Liberty 3Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
Description
Today’s struggles for social justice in the United States and around the world are noteworthy for the leadership roles played by historically oppressed groups—including indigenous communities, people of color, and low-income and urban communities. This panel features research on organizing among these often overlooked constituencies, exploring how analyses, organizing models, and campaigns are linking a variety of movements engaged in addressing some of the most critical challenges of our times.
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A Disaster as Catalyst for Mobilization: The Convergence of Climate Justice and Agroecology in Puerto Rico - Thelma Iris Velez, The Ohio State University
Clever Poverty: Plugging Into and Diverging From Capitalism - Hikmet Nazli Azergun
Gender Politics in Local and Global Struggles for Control of Water Commons - Mangala Subramaniam, Purdue University
Oil Exploration as Catalyst for Climate Activism - Patricia Widener, Florida Atlantic University
Ratchet-Rasquache Activism: Aesthetic and discursive frames within Chicago-based women of color activism - Teresa Irene Gonzales, University of Massachusetts, Lowell