![]() ![]() ![]() National Parks Advisory Board, which assists the National Park Service in engaging in relations of reciprocity with diverse communities, for 8 years. She has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Canon National Parks Science Scholar and received a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Studies.Īlong with public speaking, writing, consulting and teaching, she served on the U.S. As a storyteller and cultural geographer, the aim of her work is to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action. What’s the environment got to do with it? How do we meet this moment?ĭrawing from her book, “Black Faces, White Spaces,” her relationships “in the field” and her lived experience, Carolyn Finney explores the complexities and contradictions of our past, the realities of our present and the possibilities of our future as it relates to green space, race, and the power to shape the places we live in our own image.įinney lives at the intersection of art, education and lived experience. Removal of Confederate Statues. Renaming of institutions. Reparations. Systemic Racism. ![]()
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