Uniquely Close: Biodiversity at Congaree and Diversity in Columbia

Fri May 10 2024 at 12:00 pm

The Nickelodeon | Columbia

The Jasper Project
Publisher/HostThe Jasper Project
Uniquely Close: Biodiversity at Congaree and Diversity in Columbia
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“Biosphere preserves are learning places for sustainable development when approaches are rooted in participatory conservation and community.”
-John Kupfer
As part of the series of events surrounding Columbia’s 2024 ONE BOOK Project featuring the environmental novel, Beaver Girl, by Cassie Premo Steele and sponsored by the Jasper Project, One Columbia for Arts and Culture, and All Good Books, you are invited to join us June 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a discussion of the unique aspects that the biodiversity in the Congaree National Park and the diversity of the Columbia Metropolitan Area have to offer residents and visitors. This is a FREE event, but please reserve your tickets ahead of time. The panel features locally based scholars, writers, artists and activists invested in the intersectionality of racial, social, economic and environmental justice, including:
Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., Author of Beaver Girl
Jessica Elfenbein, Ph.D., Chairperson of History at the University of South Carolina
John Kupfer, Ph.D., Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina
Rhonda Grego, Ph.D., Dean, School of English and Humanities, at Midlands Technical College
Tameria Warren, Ph.D., SE Rural Community Outreach Organization Board Member and Instructor in the School of Earth, Ocean & Environment at the University of South Carolina
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The Nickelodeon, 1607 Main Street,Columbia,SC,United States

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