Asian Americans & Nature

Join us on Tuesday, February 3rd at 5PM PST / 8PM EST for our next People’s School for Justice session!

This will be a collaborative workshop exploring the ways Asian Americans relate to nature through reflections on migration, labor, and place!

How have Asian Americans historically been positioned in relationship to nature? What new relationships to our environment can we create? How might we question settler urges to own and commodify nature – what new ways of inhabiting the earth are possible?

Participants will come together to reflect on the landscapes and everyday environments that shape Asian American lives. Thinking expansively about both “Asian America” and “nature,” and centering lived experience, we will explore how migration, family history, and place influence our relationships with our environment.

No prior knowledge needed. We will begin with short grounding/framing, historical context, and case studies around Asian American relationships to nature drawn from my scholarly research, and then move through guided prompts and shared conversation. Looking forward to being in community with you. ❤️

Meet the Facilitator

K Yin (they/them/ta) is a writer and scholar. They are currently a PhD student in American Studies at Brown. Broadly, they have interests in and teach on Asian American art, race and ethnic studies, and the environment. Their research explores 19th-century visual archives alongside contemporary Asian American art and performance.

They were raised between Sonoma County and Zhejiang. They love leaf-wrapped foods of all kinds (tamales, zongzi, etc.). You can find their culinary creations at congee_baby on Instagram.