6/5/2023 0 Comments Ta nehisi coates book![]() A monthly informational and networking series, the River Forum was one of my more visible tasks. 108).Īs the water quality coordinator for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) for nine years, I organized and hosted the Mississippi River Forum. ![]() With that in mind, we invite you to read (or reread) Weller’s reflections as part of a practice to see ourselves, our work, and our relationships differently and to move toward being what Coates’ calls “ a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world” (p. ![]() While Weller wrote for Open Rivers in 2018 and Coates’ book was first published in 2015, the questions, challenges, and provocations of both texts are as poignant now as they were then. In the article, Weller explains that reading Coates’ book was spurred by a persistent question in her own work: how can water quality work also be anti-racism work? This is exactly the kind of perspective we need in environmental work (and beyond) if we are to, as Weller explains, “ be accountable to, and held accountable by, others who share a commitment to a future with more equitable racial-and environmental-outcomes than the past.”Īnti-racism work is, of course, ongoing. The views expressed herein are those of the author individually, not of the National Park Service.įirst published in Open Rivers Issue 12: Watery Places & Archaeology, here we republish Lark Weller’s reflections on Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. ![]()
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