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ABOUT THE CREATOR
Margaret Sanders (she/her/hers)
Margaret Sanders (she/her/hers)
Margaret "Meg" Sanders is a fourth-year undergraduate at the University of Connecticut studying natural resources and the environment with a minor in human rights. She will be attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall in the Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management (MSEEM) program. Meg is passionate about the intersections between environmental justice, human rights, and education, and is driven to uplift the wise words and lived experiences of her community members to create an environmental education resource that shows others that everyone has a place in the environmental movement.
To reach Meg via email: margaret.sanders@uconn.edu
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Information from LandGrabCT
Most of the interviews for this project were conducted on land that is currently claimed by the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. In 1862, the United States government passed the Morrill Act, “An Act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide college institutions for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts." These public lands were gained by the systematic and often violent dispossession of Indigenous people by the United States government.
We acknowledge and give gratitude to the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Nipmuc, and Lenape land this institution stands on today. We acknowledge the people who lived and resisted on these lands. We express gratitude for their fortitude, land stewardship, culture, and traditions, and give them honor. We appreciate the deep history that surrounds us and we celebrate the just environment that we strive to build together.
THANK YOU TO MY MENTORS AND COMMUNITY
THANK YOU TO MY MENTORS AND COMMUNITY
Special thank you to my mentors at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Shareen Hertel and Dr. Morty Ortega, for their mentorship, guidance, and support throughout this journey.
Thank you to Dr. Laura Cisneros and Nicole Freidenfelds at the Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA) for helping me learn and grow into the environmental advocate that I am today. Thank you to the NRCA for hosting this resource and utilizing it to make a difference in Connecticut communities and beyond.
Thank you to AAAS and Nathaniel Weisenberg for seeing my vision throughout the project and for providing the means to carry out this work that advocates for racial, social, and environmental justice.
Thank you to Dr. Jenny Hirsch and Kris Chatfield at the Georgia Institute of Technology for teaching me how to utilize Asset-Based Community Development to see communities and individuals for their gifts, and for championing me throughout this year.
Thank you to Willa Brasch, violinist and composer, and Leslie Imse from the Farmington Public Schools Music Department for creating beautiful accompanying music to go alongside the interviews.
It is with the utmost gratitude that I have for my community and for the individuals who opened their hearts with vulnerability, passion, and dedication to share with us important lessons that shall guide our work and environmental advocacy. Thank you!
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