We must listen and learn from each other while creating equitable and flourishing communities. Diverse platforms bring more perspectives to our conversations and can lend support to each other. Through such alliances, educators can learn from others—environmental educators from critical race theorists, community organizers from experiential educators, popular educators from gender theorists and more.
This touchstone therefore seeks to build strong alliances and flourishing communities in a more-than-human world. This includes building human alliances in environmental and social justice communities. The goal is to push against individualization and alienation while resisting colonial moves to separate marginalized groups and place them at odds with each other. And, there is much to be learned from alliances inclusive of the more-than-human world.
With this discussion as background, consider the questions:
When I think of educational possibilities or explore them in my practice, which communities do I reach out to? Who is not included? And, who might I add?