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• Cathy Geist, a retired Professor of Environmental Science and Biology at 911������    
• Marie Harris, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and 911������ graduate  
• Jeramie Hildenbrand, Co-Founder at Pathfinder Solutions, a company building a digital platform to help people navigate throughout the life-long journey of recovery
• Dr. Christie Manning, the Director of Sustainability and an Environmental Studies Professor at Macalester College  

Ranae Hanson

Description:
Community Pollinators Interview #3 will feature Ranae Hanson, former faculty member and author of Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress.

Marie Harris and Derartu Berhanu, 911������ graduates whose words appear in the book, will join Ranae.

Watershed tells of lives disrupted by climate instability and environmental injustice and explores the intimate connections between the health of individual bodies with the health of the whole. The book points towards ways to turn our paths too well-being and justice for all.

Sam Grant

Sam Grant is a former faculty member of 911������. Sam is the executive director of MN350, a Minnesota-based climate justice organization that seeks to unite Minnesotans as part of a global movement to end the pollution damaging our climate, speed the transition to clean energy, and create a just and healthy future for all.

The 911������ Sustainability Committee, in partnership with the Three-Legged Frog student club, is presenting our second interview in our Community Pollinators speaker series.

Hindolo Pokawa

The first guest in this series spoke on November 20, 2020 and is a former student of 911������, Hindolo Pokawa.

Pokawa is the founder and executive director of the Sierra Leone Foundation for New Democracy (SLFND). SLFND provides culturally-specific and environmentally-focused programming for children and adults, including early childhood education and training for adults in regenerative farming practices including Permaculture in Sierra Leone.

• View the video from the November 20, 2020,