This cohort got started because youth in our programs wanted space to keep getting together, building community, and learning about environmental justice issues here in Providence. This year, we’ll be meeting twice weekly after school for eight weeks. Every Monday, activist and artist Jesus Holguin from REJC will lead a workshop on an environmental justice topic. Then, on Wednesday, Black poet and community organizer Justice Gaines will guide the cohort in writing and performing poetry to interpret and share what they learn…culminating in a public performance on March 11!

The program is open to youth of color from Providence in grades seven through nine.