When:
Thursday, May 11, 2023 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Abbey Room at the Central Library of the Boston Public Library
230 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:
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bostonpubliclibrary Boston Public Library Adult Programs Department

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Nature, Social Good

Event website:
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/63cea130d251f9b8757feaf4

Environmental justice warrior, Rhodes Scholar, and founder of Black Girl Environmentalist Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru will converse with Boston Public Library President David Leonard as part of our 2023 Lowell Lecture Series You are Here: Climate Change and What’s Next. Their 60-75 minute conversation will followed by an audience Q&A from both the in-person and virtual audiences.


For Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru, caring about the environment started early. While farming with her mom and grandmother as a child, the conversations would often turn to saving the earth. The first-generation American of Kenyan descent became even more invested when taking an environmental science class in high school, when she learned that social justice and climate issues were deeply intertwined. Everything suddenly became personal. “It was in this call I learned that the environment had everything to do with me,” she says.


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To attend onlineplease visit this Zoom webinar registration page.


This program is produced in partnership with the GBH Forum Network and is part of Lowell Lecture Series sponsored by the Lowell Institute.


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