Today at @nytimes - on eco-anxiety with Hannah Estrada of @youthvsapocalypse and Cara Buckley As @mary.heglar said “ Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat” for Black folx + oppressed identities especially. I always struggle with questions surrounding eco-anxiety because I’m not sure if it’s an emotion I’ve ever felt. Maybe, but then I wonder am I anxious because of police brutality, or our failing school system or am I anxious because of systemic inequality or the lack of healthcare or even fresh produce for many Black communities? Or am I anxious that sea levels are rising or am I anxious about the future? I can’t pin point or distinguish what’s causing me anxiety. I don’t relate to or resonate with a specific environmental anxiety that many environmentalists do because I’m really focused on the present and everyday survival of figuring out how everyone can have their basic human environmental needs met like clean air and water that fighting for the future at times feels futile if we can’t also fight for Black + indigenous folx who need resources NOW in the present. Maybe I am anxious and part of the Black experience is having this ever present survival anxiety that taps into so many different facets of life and perhaps that’s why I feel I can’t always relate. My heart has been broken so many times about so many other injustices and perhaps there’s a certain point of acceptance I’ve reached or a certain stage of the grief process. I’m thankful to share the stage at the New York Times - new climate event to dig deeper and explore what eco anxiety looks and feels like for different folx.