As we begin this year, a fresh start filled with promise and purpose, our January Learning Lab invites you into a conversation that reaches to the heart of both environmental stewardship and collective belonging. On January 19th, Nature for Every Community: Faith, Equity, and Belonging brings us together to explore how access to welcoming, restorative green spaces remains out of reach for those who need it the most, communities across our region and nation. This virtual learning lab offers an opportunity to reflect, learn, and act in honor of Dr. King's lifelong legacy to justice.

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Across our Learning Lab library, we’ve returned again and again to themes of equity and inclusion in environmental care. In January 2024: Climate Change Impacts on Black Communities, we heard powerful testimony about how climate impacts fall unevenly on those historically under-resourced and underserved, and why that matters for all of us. And in the MLK Holiday Special: The Legacy of Black Farming & Environmental Human Rights, we explored how systemic inequities in land access and agricultural opportunity have shaped our landscapes and communities over generations.

This year’s program builds on that foundation by inviting people of faith and conscience into deeper understanding and practical steps toward more equitable, inclusive outdoor spaces. Together we’ll examine the historical roots of exclusion in nature, the ways that those legacies continue to shape community health and wellbeing, and the unique role people of faith can play in bridging divides and expanding access. Our speakers bring both lived experience and professional insight to this topic, helping us understand not only the why of environmental equity, but the how and will share some ways congregations can to action to ensure that nature's blessings are shared by all.

We hope you’ll join us for this thoughtful conversation, and share with friends and family!

These webinars are supplemental to IPC's Faithful Green Leaders Training Program and are free and open to all.