Climate justice and collective power Part I
With Moussa Mchangama, Jessica Derconteé Petersen and Bella Normark
What does it mean to build climate justice collectively? And how can shared ownership, solidarity and local action challenge systems of inequality in the transition towards a more sustainable society?
In the first part of the session, activist Jessica Derconteé Petersen from Collective Against Environmental Racism and urban gardener Bella Normark will discuss how environmental and social justice movements intersect — from grassroot gardening projects to global climate policy. Together they explore how collective power can shape a more equitable and inclusive future.
The conversation will be moderated by Moussa Mchangama, co-founder of In futurum, who works at the intersection of culture, politics and social change.
When?
Date: 30. October
Time: 10:00-10:45 (Part I)
Accessibility: Part I will be held in English, Part II in Danish.
Participants:
Bella Normark found their love for food growing in the community gardens of South London. In Copenhagen, they work as an urban gardener at ØsterGRO and have been involved in community growing projects for and by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. Bella is interested in how food growing can connect us to our cultural heritage in the diaspora, build autonomy locally and solidarity globally. Before becoming a gardener, they spent many years working in social justice organisations, and they are also an experienced creative workshop facilitator.
Jessica Derconteé (she/her) is a project manager, activist, speaker, board member and core-member of Collective Against Environmental Racism. She is committed to dismantling the structures of inequality and advocating for a just, sustainable world. She has as background in international politics and specializes in working on how to include underrepresented and marginalized voices in decision-making processes, especially within climate governance.
Moussa Mchangama (he/him) is the co-founder of the change agency In futurum. He works at the intersection of culture, politics, media, and people, challenging the boundaries of what organizations, foundations, cultural institutions and civil society do, think, can and aspire to —always with a focus on just practices of change, power critique and creating new spaces of possibility. In 2024, he made his literary debut with Tekster om Hjem (Texts on Home), published by Politikens Forlag, which explores what it means to belong. For the past 20 years, he has been actively engaged in antiracist, queer and solidarity-driven activism.
Photo: Jessica Derconteé Petersen
Photo credit: Liv Latricia Habel