Deseree Fontenot (she/her, they/them) is a Co-Director of Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project (MG) where she engages hundreds of organizations and change agents in ecological education through intensive justice and ecology retreats, hands-on earth skills workshops and land justice movement building. She is also the co-founder of the Queer EcoJustice Project. As a queer black organizer, farmer, and grassroots ecologist, Deseree’s work is focused on liberating land, climate justice and queering ecological education.
Educator, Farmer
Movement Generation: Justice & Ecology Project
Sessions covered by this speaker
Queer Ecologies & Climate Justice
Themes covered by Deseree
About this Speaker
Deseree Fontenot (she/her, they/them) is a Co-Director of Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project (MG) where she engages hundreds of organizations and change agents in ecological education through intensive justice and ecology retreats, hands-on earth skills workshops and land justice movement building. She is also the co-founder of the Queer EcoJustice Project. (https://www.queerecoproject.org/) As a queer black organizer, farmer, and grassroots ecologist, Deseree’s work is focused on liberating land, climate justice and queering ecological education.
Deseree has been based in Huichin, Ohlone territory (aka Oakland, CA) for the last decade, with roots in Southwest Louisiana and Los Angeles. Deseree is also on the board of the Sustainable Economies Law Center and Shelterwood: Center for Resilient Futures. Deseree holds an interdisciplinary MA in Social Transformation from Pacific School of Religion. As a descendant of three generations of rural Louisiana sharecroppers, Deseree is committed to strengthening movements for black land, healing and liberation.
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