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EcoWomanist Institute

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The mission of the EcoWomanist Institute is to promote the inclusion, ecological awareness, and community leadership of African American women within the ecospirituality, ecojustice, and ethics narratives.

The Institute’s programs and services heal minds, bodies, and spirits from the social, economic, and environmental injustices that African American women face in their daily lives. It creates a safe space for “kitchen table talk,” so African American women can voice their joys, concerns, challenges, and visions for their work in the fields of ecological and social justice.

“As a slave, the Black woman depended on ecospirituality and ecological knowledge, and was extremely effective at it—this knowledge was used to survive slavery.”

— Katie Cannon, womanist theologian and ethicist

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EcoWomanist Institute logo, showing a black woman whose hair is also the branches and leaves of a tree.
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EWI for Black Women by Black Women

Veronica Kyle and Valerie Hill Rawls, co-visionaries and founders of EcoWomanist Institute, share how their organization serves in the healing, elevation, and research of black women across the Diaspora.
An outdoor table by candlelight awaiting participants of Kitchen Table Talk.
A woman bends over in contemplation in a grassy area near a well.
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EcoWomanist paying homage near the well at the Daufuskie Island historical cemetery. Courtesy of EcoWomanist Institute