How Women and Words Saved Florida

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Join us for the second of our Women, Women, and Words Speaker Series on The ROOTS of Environmental Activism by Women in Florida.

<h1>Exploring The ROOTS of Environmental Activism in Florida</h1><h2>Join us for the second of our Wine, Women, and Words Speaker Series this fall. </h2><h3>After a successful opening weekend of the ROOTS Art Show, we now present another exploration of the ROOTS theme through the words of featured writer Darlyn Finch Kuhn, local environmentalist Ashantae Green, and expert on women and the environment, Prof. Leslie Kemp Poole of Rollins College.</h3>In this online program, we will explore the ROOTS of Environmental Activism by women in Florida, as female writers, artists, and community leaders. Darlyn Kuhn, Florida author and organizer of the JaxByJax Literary Festival, will read several pieces inspired by the show. Anshantae Green will speak about her work raising soil and water awareness in Jacksonville. Keynote speaker Prof. Leslie Poole of Rollins College, the leading researcher on women-led environmental movements in Florida, will speak on the work women have done (and are still doing) to preserve Florida.Each speaker will read their work, pause for audience reaction, then answer questions. This program will be facilitated on ZOOM by Jennifer Wolfe, executive director of Women Writing for (a) Change Jacksonville.This event is the second of our Wine, Women, and Words Speaker Series this fall, exploring the theme of ROOTS through the eyes of our featured artists, writers, and local community leaders.SPEAKER BIOSDarlyn Finch Kuhn is that rare animal: a Florida native. Born and reared in Jacksonville, she obtained an AA from Florida Junior College, a BA from Rollins College, and an MFA from Spalding University. A poet known for her saucy style and engaging readings, Darlyn is also a gifted storyteller. She was the 19th writer-in-residence at the Jack Kerouac Project house in Orlando. Her poetry collections are Red Wax Rose and Three Houses. Her debut novel, Sewing Holes, was published by Twisted Road Publications in 2015, and won that year’s Royal Palm Award from the Florida Writers Association. Since moving back to Jacksonville in 2017, Darlyn and her husband, Brad Kuhn, have developed the Southeast Sister Cities Reading Tour and The River of Grass Writing Experience; they also organize the annual JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival.***GREEN is her last name, and it’s also her life. Ashantae Green is a sustainability ambassador, educator, and advocate for social equity and gardening in communities. She is the owner of the architectural and digital design company, A. Green Design Co., the COO of The Jacksonville Woman, a mentor of high school students, a LEED GA, and Board Member with USGBC Florida. She is also the co-founder of the non-profit, Circle of Caring—Sweet Purpose, a sustainable non-profit dedicated to helping Jacksonville families by providing educational resources and mostly organic food rescued from local farms and grocery stores to divert food waste and improve food insecurity in communities. She’s also a candidate for the Duval Soil and Water Conservation District, Group 4, a supervisory position dedicated to promoting the wise use of land and advocating best management practices to conserve, improve, and sustain the natural resources of Duval County. Ashantae enjoys canning, gardening, and volunteering with many community and environmental groups with her husband, Marvin, and 6-year-old son, Ayden.***Leslie Kemp Poole is an award-winning writer and historian. A fourth-generation Floridian, Poole has long been interested in the role of women in the state’s environmental movement and how they were saving the state’s important natural resources even before they were able to vote.Poole is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She received her PhD in History from the University of Florida in 2012. Her articles have been published in a number of academic journals and she regularly presents papers about her research at history conferences. In 2008 she appeared in the PBS documentary In Marjorie's Wake which retraced a 1933 trip on the St. Johns River taken by noted author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Poole also has worked as a freelance author for a number of magazines and publications.Prior to working in academia, Poole was a reporter for several newspapers, including the Orlando Sentinel, where she helped pen a series of articles about Florida's lack of growth management that won awards and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Winter Park, Florida, where she and her husband raised two sons and now frequently walk their dog.

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