Lecture
The Apocalypse is Not Coming: AfroFuturism vs. the Climate Crisis
Aya de León challenges apocalyptic climate narratives, advocating for Afrofuturism and radical imagination to inspire collective action. She links climate justice to racial justice and calls for cultural narratives that embrace resilience and transformation.
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Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this lecture are to:
- See the connection between racial justice and climate justice.
- Accept the undetermined outcomes of the climate crisis and their connections to current decision making.
- Explore the power of movement building over a focus on individual change.
- Know the power of AfroFuturism and through utopian storytelling as part of the climate movement to reinforce or refute climate lies.
Aya de León directs Poetry for the People at UC Berkeley and writes award-winning novels and essays on race, gender, and climate justice.
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