Be Better at Activism with Catherine Coleman Flowers

Reckon is committed to deep exploration of tough and important issues facing the South. We do this through authentic conversations that lead to thoughtful actions. We know this place intimately, and we join with our audiences in telling stories about shaping our region’s future.Reckon was founded in 2017. With support from the Google News Initiative, we recently refocused Reckon to listen deeply to our readers about which topics we cover and how we cover them. We also bring people together with social media, community conversations and events.Nationally, our journalistic work has garnered major awards, including multiple Emmys and a Pulitzer Prize. We have partnered with the International Center for Journalists, Solutions Journalism Network, Facebook and other community-building brands to forge paths and tell the stories of our South.

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MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Catherine Coleman Flowers joins us to talk about how activism starts in your own backyard. 

Grassroots activism can feel like a struggle, especially in the South where change seems to come too little and too late. Environmental justice feels like a particularly thorny issue, because it lies at the intersection of poverty and climate change. You can help make a difference, though, and it starts in your own backyard. Join Reckon Women and MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Genius Grant winner <a href="https://reckonsouth.com/catherine-flowers-genius-grant-winner-credits-black-power-activism-for-success/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Catherine Coleman Flowers</a> on December 1st at 12:30 PM for a conversation about how you can Be Better at Environmental Activism, and about how activism starts in your own backyard. Reckon Women reporter Abbey Crain will talk with Flowers and take your questions. You can register at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/128154655023"My ancestors are here. They are in the soil here. I feel like part of my strength comes from my ancestors and I want to honor them by continuing to make this place better.” - Catherine Coleman FlowersFlowers is the founder of the <a href="https://www.creej.org/history" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice</a>, and a winner of the 2020 MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant." She is also the author of an upcoming memoir, <a href="https://thenewpress.com/books/waste" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret</a>. <h2><a href="https://thenewpress.com/books/waste" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>About Be Better:</h2>This Reckon Women Monthly Speaker Series, hosted by Abbey Crain, is a resource that allows women access to accomplished thinkers, doers, and builders in their communities. Each month, a speaker that has wisdom to share about a particular topic or life path meets virtually with the Reckon Women Group in an intimate setting that allows for one-on-one questions and deep conversation. This is more than a speaker series, it’s more like a town hall that fosters connection and creates community.

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