Community of Mentors with Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri
Bioneers is inherently a community of mentors—people eager to learn, share, explore and create together. The “Community of Mentors” space at Bioneers offers youth conference participants the opportunity to be in small group mentoring sessions with Bioneers presenters who share their life experiences in an interactive dialogue format in order to be of service to young people seeking guidance on their path to activism. In this session featuring Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri, a farmer, STEM educator and the Intercultural Conversations Program Manager for Bioneers, young people will be invited to bring questions about how to navigate an unpredictable future and develop a path towards resilience, health and empowerment. Co-hosted by fellow members of the Weaving Earth team, Justine Epstein and Sam DeBosky.
Conference Room in Magnes Museum
April 7th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri
Intercultural Conversations Program Manager
Bioneers
Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri, Intercultural Conversations Program Manager for Bioneers’ Indigeneity Program, is a West Oakland-based STEAM educator who advocates for exposure and opportunities for historically excluded people, especially Black and Native youth. She has provided many middle and high school students with the space to learn about STEAM at the intersection of ancestral knowledge and their lived experiences and has worked to help Oakland youth thrive in disciplines such as engineering. Nazshonnii is also a farmer connected to the Gill Tract Community Farm in Albany and was previously a STEM tutor, media educator, and youth program assistant for the American Indian Child Resource Center.
justine epstein
Co-Facilitator
Ancestors & Money coaching cohort
justine epstein (she/they) is an organizer, facilitator, rites of passage guide, naturalist and activist dedicated to transmuting legacies and systems of harm through wealth redistribution, social justice movement building, ancestral healing, cultural rites of passage, embodied community and deep ecology. A guiding council (board) member of Weaving Earth, justine is also co-facilitator for the Ancestors & Money coaching cohort.
Sam Burris-Debosky
Co-Founder
Village Farm at Stanley
Sam Burris-Debosky, a farmer, carpenter, rites-of-passage guide and lifelong student of the natural world, co-founded and directed Village Farm at Stanley, in Aurora, Colorado, an urban farm dedicated to food-justice and education. Sam is part of the Weaving Earth team co-hosting/facilitating the Community of Mentors at this year's Bioneers Conference.
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