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GraduationĪt this point in the year, the students are usually out on the streets identifying the ‘big ideas’ that determine how a city runs. program continues to attract a highly diverse group of students who want to study antiracist environmental leadership in urban places.

The Urban Environmental Education M.A.Ed. About a year ago, I posted in The Nature of Cities about our thriving Master’s program at Antioch University Seattle. A positive outcome of being online is the ability to invite environmental activists and social justice leaders from BIPOC-led organizations into our Zoom classes from all over the world for professional development and antiracist training. Students find creative ways to both learn and practice while masked and distanced from community members. Our graduate students are figuring out how to best “immerse” themselves in city spaces while staying safe during the pandemic.

The Leadership and Reform class recently investigated environmental problem-solving strategies with doctoral students from the University of Rwanda in a lively exchange of culture and effort. A positive outcome of being online is the ability to invite environmental activists and leaders from BIPOC-led organizations into our ‘Zoom’ classes from all over the world.