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Educating Students on Voter Suppression and Discrimination
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Photo Credit: Samantha Bravo, The Sundial
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In the days and months leading up to the presidential election on November 3, CSUN Black House, West Valley People Alliance, and BLM Northridge organized a Zoom workshop to educate students and the CSUN community on voter suppression and discrimination.
In an interview with The Sundial, Tandalea Mercer (Professor, African American studies at CSUN) said that "voter suppression can also be a strategy used to influence the outcome of an election, by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting.” In particular, voter suppression has historically been used to impede Black people's votes– especially after the reconstruction era.
To learn more about the types of voter suppression tactics and how you can protect your right to vote, please click here. To find a polling place near you, click here.
Voting Resources:
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In the News: Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Use Drones to Track Deforestation
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"Awapy Uru Eu Wau Wau is one of a group of indigenous people who use drones to monitor deforestation on their land in the Brazilian Amazon." - CNN
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The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau is one of the Indigenous communities in Brazil that depend on the forest for food, hunting, fishing, and medicine. However, their safety, wellbeing, and way of living are under serious threat due to the Amazon fires. Despite the government's ban on illegal fires to clear vegetation, this year has seen a continued rise in fires.
"Nature is everything to us," said Awapy in a CNN interview. "It is our life, our lungs, our hearts. We don't want to see the jungle chopped down. If you chop it all down, it will definitely be hotter, and there won't be a river, or hunting, or pure air for us."
Awapy and other Indigenous communities have partnered up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Kaninde Ethno-Environmental Defense Association to take on this project. WWF- Kaninde donated 19 drones to 18 Amazon conservation organizations. Drones provide high-resolution images, video, and GPS mapping data that can be used to report illegal activities.
Most importantly, the drones help to empower Indigenous people and helps them leverage information to put more pressure on authorities to mitigate illegal activities.
To read more on this story, click here.
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Garden Harvests and Updates
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This month, the sustainable food garden has donated close to 100 pounds of fresh produce. The produce consisted of butternut squash, acorn squash, zucchini squash, eggplants, tomatoes, and bell peppers. As the summer season ends and the fall season approaches, the garden is in the process of planting cilantro, kale, spinach, and lettuce seeds. This is a great time to start planting lots of greens in your garden!
This week, we want to highlight an organization that is doing amazing work towards food justice. If you’re interested in getting connected with community organized food distributions, check out Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN).
LACAN provides weekly food distributions on Wednesdays and Sundays to the Skidrow community. Visit them on social media (@lacanetwork_official) or visit their website for more information. Stay tuned for next week's highlight!
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As Santa Ana winds approach it's important to take precautions in your yard to prevent fires. Firescaping creates a fire resistant garden around your home or can slow down the fire from reaching buildings.
We recommend planting California native plants especially since they are meant for fire-prone areas. In the following links there are guides to preparing gardens for fires and native plant recommendations:
How to Firescape
Native Plant Alternatives
Fire tolerant plants to Include
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CSU Sustainability Month Recap
Thank you to everyone who made the virtual CSU Sustainability a huge success! If you would like to re-watch the Zoom webinars or catch up with any that you missed, please click on the links below to view the recordings:
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UC/CSU Environmental Justice Collaborative
Consider joining the UC/CSU Environmental Justice Collaborative!
Founded by UCSB students, this collaborative aims to create a space where we can learn from each other and coordinate efforts to lead our institutions towards environmental justice by understanding and incorporating the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and peoples of color in the way we view and describe what it means for our society to be sustainable.
Email Diana Garcia at dianaagarcia@ucsb.edu for questions or to join today!
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Global Seed Summit 2020
Did you know that over the last 2 decades, 75% of genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost? Since local seed varieties have been going extinct every year to GMOs and seed patenting, Urban Farm U and Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance have partnered up to host the 2020 Global Seed Summit!
This four-day event (Nov. 17-20) gathers food growers, small farmers, and hobby gardeners around the world to preserve seed diversity, discuss the importance of seeds, and strengthen food sovereignty.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from an incredible lineup of speakers! To learn more or register, click here.
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Upcoming Webinars: November
Throughout Fall, CSUN Sustainability, the Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing, the Marilyn Magaram Center, CSUN AS, and CSUN OA are hosting fun and interactive webinars related to sustainability!
The Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing will continue Mindfulness Mondays and Wellbeing Wednesdays– to see their full schedule, please visit their website.
In addition, CSUN Outdoor Adventures will continue to host virtual tours of national parks such as Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and more! Click here to register and learn more.
To view our recorded webinars, please visit our YouTube channel.
Below are some November events coming soon!
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Proposals Wanted: CSU Chico's Sustainability Conference
CSU Chico's This Way to Sustainability Conference will take place on March 25 and 25, 2021. The conference will be 100% virtual this year, with 4 Keynote Speakers (see attached) from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. The conference will host 6 breakout sessions that will run concurrently in seven discipline-based tracks. The deadline has been extended to December 1.
Sustainability presentation proposals are sought in these seven areas:
1. Environment, Land Planning & Natural Systems
2. Built Environments, Engineering & Waste Management
3. Health, Wellness, Diet & Nutrition
4. Sustainable Food Systems & Regenerative Agriculture
5. Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Supply Chain Management
6. Social Justice & Public Policy
7. Arts, Humanities & Creative Expression
To learn more, visit www.csuchico.edu/twts/
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CSUN as One
CSUN as One is the hub for CSUN's Fall 2020 plans. Whether learning and working on-campus or virtually, CSUN remains a united university dedicated to transformative educational opportunity. Each part of these plans is aimed at offering the safest experience possible to protect all members of the CSUN community.
The CSUN as One website is constantly being updated with COVID-19 information for the CSUN community.
Plans include:
- Academic Advisement & Support
- Health and Safety
- Student Life & Support Services
- Student Housing & Dining
- Faculty Support
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Resources: Supporting DV Survivors and Wellness Coaching
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Click on the button above to send us any sustainability-related news, events, resources, or career/volunteer opportunities that you would like to be included in The Footprint!
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Sustainability is a key priority at California State University, Northridge, integrated into all aspects of the university from operations and infrastructure to outreach, education and research. We’ve taught thousands of students how to grow their own food, to rethink “waste,” to conserve energy and water, and to take what they learn at CSUN back to their communities.
We rely on the generosity of donors to expand CSUN's sustainability leadership - from academic learning opportunities for students to cutting-edge research and engagement that benefit our campus, state and planet. Please consider giving to the Institute for Sustainability. Your tax-deductible contributions help support our mission and invest in our students, faculty and staff who make a difference both on campus and in the community.
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