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SEMG Monthly Meeting & Presentation – Everyone Welcome!
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
7pm Zoom Presentation
Guest Speaker:
Sarah Nahar
Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences
Topic:
Dealing With Our Crap
Who Does, Who Doesn't and Why?
Synopsis:
In order for complex life forms to survive on planet Earth, people—especially those of us responsible for contributing to climate changes and benefiting from global inequality—must make significant transformations to how we live at a basic level.
Human survival depends on access to water and food. We have rightfully given considerable attention to these essential human needs. But we have given far less consideration to the equally essential human need to release excess water and food from our system through urination and defecation.
I will share about my dissertation research on the toilet, both the ritual and the receptacle. My work seeks to address issues of disproportionate water usage, and the dearth of dignified, sustainable sanitation options and systems worldwide. Ecological sanitation is a neglected area of consideration for environmental innovators, and “excretory justice” is a helpful framework to analyze the power dynamics at play when addressing climate issues.
About Sarah Nahar:
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Sarah Nahar neé Thompson (she/her) is a nonviolent action trainer and inter-spiritual theologian. Now as a PhD candidate in Syracuse, New York (Haudenosaunee Confederacy traditional land) she focuses on ecological regeneration, community cultivation, and spiritual activism. Previously, Sarah was a 2019 Rotary Peace Fellow and worked at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a member of the Carnival de Resistance and has been the Executive Director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. She attended Spelman College, majoring in Comparative Women’s Studies and International Studies, minoring in Spanish. She has an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in her hometown. |
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