Environmental Justice Collective at UVA

🌱an EJ-oriented space for BIPOC students + community members

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

Ira Wallace is a seed saver, an educator, and the essential intellectual and physical energy behind Southern Exposure Seed Exchange—one of the country’s best known and most respected sources for heirloom and open-pollinated seeds.

(Photo taken by Eze Amos.)

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

EJC is ecstatic to announce this upcoming event featuring Ira Wallace on April 19 @ 7-8:30pm in Clark 102. Food will be provided! This event was made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Sustainable Food Collaborative at UVA. We hope you will join us!

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

We can’t guarantee that you will get your preferred basket, but if it works out that the two winners each chose different baskets, then we will honor those preferences!

Thank y’all for your support!! 💞💞

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

Today is the last day to enter to win one of these baskets of items ‼️‼️ This raffle is open to any members of the UVA community and also the broader Cville community!

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

In order to enter, please venmo @ejcatuva with the amount correlating to the number of tickets you want to buy. In the Venmo description, please include your name, email, number of tickets purchased, and which basket you would prefer.

[Livable Cville @LivableCville]

We are excited to announce our next webinar!

Wednesday March 1 at 630pm @ColburnGregg will be speaking about his book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem.”

He will be joined during Q&A by Anna Mendez, Executive Director of The Haven. Sign up today!

https://t.co/JcnW94ukBA

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

To learn more about the movement to prevent the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest for the construction of a police training center, check out @defendATLforest 🌿

Also, sign on to this letter of solidarity to express support for those fighting to #StopCopCity in Atlanta!

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

"We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta."

We've received a solidarity letter with endorsements:
https://t.co/KjPZ9Q08Lc

Please circulate widely and sign on.

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

🚨 EJC is currently raising funds to support those arrested in ongoing protests to Defend the Atlanta Forest and over the murder of Tyre Nichols.🚨

All funds will go to @ATLSolFund.

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

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[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

join us this Friday, February 3rd from 4pm to 9pm for our Spring Retreat! 🌸🌺🌷

this retreat is for BIPOC students who are interested in getting more involved with EJC.

please fill out the registration form (link in bio) by 8pm on Wednesday, 2/1! 🫶🏾👋🏽

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

join us this Friday, February 3rd from 4pm to 9pm for our Spring Retreat! 🌸🌺🌷

this retreat is for BIPOC students who are interested in getting more involved with EJC.

please fill out the registration form (link in bio) by 8pm on Wednesday, 2/1! 🫶🏾👋🏽

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

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[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

join us this Saturday (January 28th) for another community workday cleaning (and painting!) two hospitality houses will be used to house vulnerable folks in c’ville! lunch will be provided & we are carpooling, so please fill out the rsvp form by 8pm Thursday~

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

for a primer and brief introduction to TJ, check out this blog post by mia mingus:

https://t.co/s7RABOPvmk

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

join EJC and UVA Survivors tomorrow (1/19) @ 6:15-8:45pm to watch a streamed presentation of an introduction to transformative justice by @miamingus — a renowned writer, educator and trainer for transformative justice and disability justice. we’ll have pizza and snacks!!

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

no worries if you can’t stay for the full time! we hope you will join us, even if just for a bit, in exploring the framework that transformative justice offers to address harm and violence.

[Environmental Justice Collective at UVA @ejcatuva]

Rent has skyrocketed in #Virginia and these dramatic increases will continue unless we raise our voices. Tell Virginia lawmakers to #stoprenthikes NOW. Sign the petition: https://t.co/LQKNAkmJWd