Young Leaders Program – Community of Mentors with Asa Miller
Bioneers is inherently a community of mentors—people eager to learn, share, explore and create together. The “Community of Mentors” space at Bioneers is an intergenerational container that offers youth the opportunity to be in small group mentoring sessions with Bioneers presenters. The presenters will share their life experience in an interactive dialogue with youth who are seeking guidance on their path to activism.
We are delighted to welcome Asa Miller, coral reef restoration specialist, poet, and filmmaker, to the Community of Mentors space as an 18-year-old peer mentor to his fellow youth gathered at Bioneers. Asa’s unique combination of work and experience in both the sciences and the arts speaks to the interdisciplinary approach that so many young people today feel we must take to tackle the wide-ranging problems confronting us. We welcome all interested youth to come join the conversation with their thoughts, questions and curiosities. Hosted by Sam Burris-Debosky and justine epstein of Weaving Earth.
Upstairs in The Marsh
March 28th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Asa Miller – Youth Keynote
Marine Science Researcher
Asa Miller, 18, a marine science researcher and Greenburgh, NY’s Youth Poet Laureate, is an international leader in marine conservation who combines an acute knowledge of the issues facing marine ecosystems with the sensibility and creativity of a poet. He has conducted coral reef conservation in both his native Cuba and in Israel, each time working with teams whose collaborations transcended conflicts and borders. His documentary short “Coral Reef Restoration” has screened and won awards at 26 international film festivals. He is a winner of the Brower Youth, National Marine Educators Association Youth Leadership in Marine Conservation, and Blue Hatchling Youth awards.
Sam Burris-Debosky
Weaving Earth
Sam Burris-Debosky, a farmer, carpenter, and rites-of-passage guide dedicated to imagining and building resilient, flourishing communities, co-founded and directed Village Farm at Stanley, in Aurora, Colorado, an urban farm dedicated to food-justice and education. Sam is working at this year’s Bioneers Conference as part of the Weaving Earth team to help host the Community of Mentors sessions.
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