Wasatch Wilderness Rites of Passage -
http://criticalpedagogyofplace.pbworks.com/w/page/23944030/Wasatch-Wilderness-RItes-of-Passage
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VISION: To combine ecological literacy development with
school reform to achieve a more equal and just society.
MISSION: To develop leadership skills and empower youth to address
environmental justice issues. We embody the mission from Awakening the Dreamer
to promote a socially just, spiritually fulfilling and environmentally
sustainable human presence on the planet.
VALUES: We are a leadership cohort
showing that diversity equals health: in our environment and in our human
communities. We believe that diversity is the innate architecture of being.
Programmed into every living cell and visible in all environments is diversity.
We model ways to improve the health of our human communities. We measure
ecological through the external and internal development of groups and
individuals as they learn to do what Paulo Freire calls reading the word and
"reading" the world.
We believe that environmental justice is based on the implementation and
realization of human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights ratified by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. With human rights as the outcome, we utilize
the definition of environmental justice from the EPA as the "fair
treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies." (see
U.S. EPA
Environmental Justice)
PILOT:
2010-2011 East High School SLC: 11 Students 7 different
nationalities - This school has an average of 2000 students enrolled, 40
percent are racial minorities, 700 speak a language other than English at home
and 90 are international students living in the United States from a refugee
background. This year's leadership cohort is composed of five women and five
men who bring knowledge from, American, Bosnian, Burundi, Karen, Mexican,
Peruvian, Somalian, and Thai ethnicities. As a metaphor we will be embarking on
a hero's journey as described by mythologist Joseph Campbell. Collectively we discover the power in each
one of us to find solutions to the social and ecological inequities we see in
our communities.
Various short films of this pilot program can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/groups/wwrp
iMatterMarchUTAH - http://www.imattermarchutah.org/
iMATTERMARCHUTAH
The Utah iMatterMarch team bridges diverse viewpoints in
a participatory ‘Marade’ that is calling on all Utah residents to walk side by
side demonstrating their commitment to living as if our future matters.
The 2011 iMatterMarch in SLC is only the beginning. We are pairing youth
leaders, mobilizers and visionaries with mentors so that the iMatterMarch is a
kick off and capacity builder for initiating a powerful movement to address
climate change. We are honoring a commitment with the 4 Years Go campaign
to alter the course of history in the next 4 years. By 2014 we plan to
have at least 10,000 participants and engagement from every county in Utah
either walking side by side in Salt Lake City or hosting their own solidarity "marade".
We are committed to collective personal and political actions that will reduce
our CO2 concentration to 350ppm. A guiding principle is: "350 - We
are in this together".
Utah iMatterMarch
Founders
Nathan Zick-Smith - Visionary
Senior Rowland Hall
Co-President of Rowland Hall Enviro-Club
Anna Ferriera - Visionary
Sophomore Skyline High School
Arts Integration – People Powered Floats and Art for Sky
Zoee Ferriera - Visionary
8th Churchill Jr. High
Volunteer Coordinating – How do we keep people involved?
Anna Sosseinheimer - Visionary
9th grade Wasatch Junior High
Filmmaker – SLC iMatterMarch Promotional Trailers
Philip Sosseinheimer - Visionary
Senior Skyline High
Four Corners Regional Coordinator for Roots and Shoots
Ryan Pleune – Mentor
33 y.o.
Secondary Science Teacher
Jamie Pleune - Mentor
34 y.o.
Attorney – LL.M. Expected May 2011
Linda Sossenheimer - Mentor
Mom of 3 teens
Skyline PTSA – Co-President
R.N. and Registered Dietician
Monica Ferreira - Mentor
Mom of 2 teens
Community Outreach Coordinator Env. Programs Westminster
College
Kevin Uno – Mentor
31 y.o. – Expected to become Dad in May
PhD Candidate U of U GeoChemistry
Kyla Mullen - Mentor
30 y.o.
Regional Manager/Eco-Advocate for Redirect Guide SLC and PC
