Part of the New Mexico State University Climate Change Education Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Craig Santos Perez

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The Pacific Islands are at the frontlines of climate change and are still reckoning with the legacy of ecological imperialism. In this hybrid talk and performance, indigenous author and environmentalist Craig Santos Perez will share his research and poetry focused on how Pacific Islander climate change poetry exposes environmental injustice, inspires activism, and imagines sustainable futures.

Dr. Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guam. He is the author of five books of poetry and the co-editor of five anthologies. He is a professor in the English department at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, where he teaches Pacific literature, creative writing, and eco-poetry.