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Greetings to all in the BGSG Community, We are enraged and shocked (hopefully, into action) as a result of the virus that is governing our lives, and the devastating and long-term effects it will have on the most precarious members of our communities. Over the last couple of weeks, there have been virtual dance parties,Continue reading “Black Geographies Specialty Group Mutual Aid Resource List”

On behalf of the 2020 Clyde Woods Black Geographies Specialty Group Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, the Board is pleased to announce that this year’s winner is Kaily Heitz, with a paper titled “Unfolding the Frame: The Geographic Matter of Black Life, Image and Form.”  Kaily is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography atContinue reading “2020 Clyde Woods Black Geographies Specialty Group Graduate Student Paper Award Winner”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10th, 2019 At COP25, Women’s Rights and Climate Activists Advocate a Feminist Green New Deal At the UN climate negotiations in Madrid, climate justice and women’s rights activists speak to collective feminist demands for Green New Deal policies, programs http://www.feministgreennewdeal.com Contact: Mara Dolan, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, mara@wedo.org, 217-550-8433 MADRID, SPAIN —Continue reading “At COP25, Women’s Rights and Climate Activists Advocate a Feminist Green New Deal “

In our support of the Africa Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers, we share their statement on Cyclones Idai and Kenneth that have devastated Southern Africa in recent months. Please consider their call to action in support of the people and the lands of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. In solidarity, The Black GeographiesContinue reading “In Solidarity: Statement on Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Southern Africa, Africa Specialty Group of the AAG”

BGSG Newsletter 2019