Winston C. Cox is a career public school educator and proud member of Kilombo Novo, Capoeira Angola, who’s been coming to WF for over 40 years. This session explores the profound and historical ways that people of color have relied upon the natural world to support our humanity & liberation movements, from millenia before colonial contact, to the adaptations made upon contact (think North Star, Wade in the Water, plant medicine, etc.). We look to inspire new generations of people of color to build upon this legacy with nature and discuss the ways that white supremacy acts to colonize and disrupt this relationship of people of color with nature and actions we can take to push back. All are welcome with the expectation that BIPOC voices be centered.