The 2021 Taking Nature Black Celebration continues virtually during Earth Month on Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. with a special Environmental Champions Award Ceremony in collaboration with ANS’s Conservation Café.

Join us in saluting these champions during a special video presentation, live conversation, music and poetry presentations and Q and A session, plus a special tribute to the environmental legacy of Harriet Tubman!

Click here to purchase your ticket. If you joined us for the conference, your ticket is free. Just fill out this form to RSVP so that you can receive the ceremony’s Zoom link.

Thank you and see you soon!

2021 Taking Nature Black Environmental Champion Awards

 Legacy Champions

• Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad Conductor and Environmentalist Extraordinaire
• Pamela Rush, Sewage Systems Advocate for Rural Families
   

National Champions

• Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D), Virginia’s 4th District, Serves on the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources, the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and serves as Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition.
• Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founding Director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
• Beattra Wilson, Assistant Director for Urban & Community Forestry at the U.S. Forest Service
• Derrick Evans, Co-Founding Managing Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health
   

Regional Champions

• Drs. Candice Duncan, Akua Asa-Awuku, and Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland Geo-Sciences Research Team
• Donald Belle, Environmental Science Educator, Prince George’s County Schools
   

Youth Champion

• Kwasi Osaze Billups, Urban Garden Manager and Garden Builder