MYCJ’s February Teach-In for Youth will cover two of MYCJ’s 2024 Legislative Priorities: Wabanaki Self-Determination (LD 2007) and Wabanaki Studies in Maine Public Schools (LD 1642).
We will be joined by Amara Ifeji, Policy Director with Maine Environmental Education Association, and Jasmine Lamb, PhD student at the University of Maine and Passamaquoddy citizen.
*We have a new Zoom link for our Monthly Teach-Ins - you'll need to register ahead of time so we can approve you, then you should be able to join any subsequent Teach-In!
Jasmine Lamb is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and a current PhD Student at the University of Maine. Jasmine has worked in the space of environmental justice for Wabanaki communities since 2021 and founded the Sipayik Resilience Committee to increase tribal members' access to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology and to increase climate resilience.
Amara Ifeji is a National Geographic Young Explorer and internationally awarded non-profit leader in climate and environmental justice. As the Director of Policy with the Maine Environmental Education Association, she leverages grassroots advocacy to advance state and federal policy solutions. She served as the lead coordinator for Maine's first Climate Education Summit, mobilized a youth-led movement that spearheaded Maine's $2+ million climate education program, and serves on the Maine Climate Council as the governor-appointed Youth Representative.