A Collective Healing Space for BIPOC Youth
From Root to Sky (FRTS) is a climate-centered program that was created to foster a sense of kinship and community among racialized and marginalized communities by promoting wellness and healing through art, storytelling, and other spiritual and land-based practices. The goal of this program is to create a safe space for young BIack, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth be free to express themselves while also building capacity for collective anti-racist climate action, through dialogue, networking, and learning opportunities.
YCL created this program because we recognize how climate change is a symptom of historical and intersecting systemic forces at play, such as colonialism, racial capitalism, and patriarchy—the same issues that cause and perpetuate violence against the BIPOC community.
Spring 2023
The Winter 2023 program ran bi-weekly for 5 weeks, with virtually facilitated sessions covering topics from Art Therapy & Climate Justice, Collective Healing & Justice, Climate Justice & Anti-Racist Action Panel, Black & Indigenous Solidarity in Climate Action and so much more. Our aim is to create a safe space for young BIack, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth to be free to express themselves while also building capacity for collective anti-racist climate action, through dialogue, networking, and learning opportunities.
Winter 2023
The Winter 2023 program ran bi-weekly for 5 weeks, with virtually facilitated sessions covering topics from eco-anxiey, arts-based approaches to climate justice, grief, spirituality, anti-oppression and so much more. Our aim is to create a safe space for young BIack, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth to be free to express themselves while also building capacity for collective anti-racist climate action, through dialogue, networking, and learning opportunities.
