Damaris Miller
“How can resilience safeguard our survival while also nurturing our capacity to thrive? I’m interested in a resilience that approaches climate change as an invitation to come home, and in our homecoming be transformed in the ways we relate to our bodies, the earth and each other. ”
Damaris Miller (they / them) is an organizer, educator, and grower committed to creating spaces of rest, discovery, and connection for Black, Indigenous and other People of Color, Queer and Trans folks, and activists. For over 10 years they have been learning from and contributing to numerous social movements, including faith-based climate action, food and environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, and Black Liberation. They are a founding member of Rested Root, a BlackQueer worker owned cooperative that creates opportunities for radically exploring social transformation. Damaris also mobilizes as a member of Troy 4 Black Lives, a grassroots intergenerational collective of abolitionists and mutual aid practitioners in the Capital Region of Upstate New York.
Website: https://www.restedroot.org/