BLACK ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CELEBRATION The Principles of Environmental Justice assert that all people have a right to satisfy their basic needs: a safe, healthy, and equitable environment. The “Four R’s of Environmental Justice”, Mustafa Santiago Ali Carl Anthony a concept that has emerged through years of work by the Founding member of EPA Office of Environ- Architect and Planner, Environmental and mental Justice and Senior VP of Climate, Social Justice Advocate - Co Founder Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) staff who have provided Environmental Justice & Community Revitaliza- Breakthrough Communities Project place-based service learning opportunities in the Bayview tion, Hip Hop Caucus - Washington, DC - Oakland, CA Hunters Point community in San Francisco. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES:

Robert Bullard Majora Carter Climate Trailblazer, Urban Planning and Green Economy and Urban Revitalization Environmental Policy Professor, TSU and Sierra Strategist - Bronx, NY Club John Muir Award Honoree - Houston, TX REVERENCE RESPONSIBILITY

George Washington Carver Henry Clark All life is sacred, and we are all Governments (local, state, and Agricultural Scientist, Inventor, & Educator Founder, West County Toxics Coalition interconnected. It is important to federal) as well as corporations (1864 -1943) - Richmond,CA value the complexities of ecosystems should be held accountable to serve and to nurture biodiversity. their constituents in environmentally sustainable and socially just ways.

Margaret Gordon Marie Harrison Co-founder, West Oakland Environmental Community Organizer and Environmental Indicators Project (EIP), Oakland, CA Justice Advocate , Greenaction for Health & RECLAMATION RECIPROCACY Environmental Justice - Bayview Hunters Point - San Francisco,CA

We, as people, should reclaim All living things must nourish to our communities and our land. be nourished. Espanola Jackson Warren Washington Civil Rights, Environmental and Social Justice Climate Model Scientist and Joint Honoree Advocate - Bayview Hunters Point - San Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change AQUARIUMOFTHEBAY.ORG/SANKOFA-DAYS Francisco, CA (IPCC) - 2007 Nobel Peace Prize - Boulder, CO LOCATED AT PIER 39 | AQUARIUM OF THE BAY | 415.623.5300

LEARN MORE ONLINE AT: aquariumofthebay.org/sankofa-champions KNOW YOUR PAST TO WEST AFRICAN WISDOM: ADINKRA SYMBOLS & MEANINGS UNDERSTAND YOUR FUTURE! Adinkra symbols are part of the Ashanti culture associated with Ghana, West Africa. King Kofi Adinkra was a famous Ashanti king. These symbols are everywhere in a village: on stools, pottery, painting, and especially on cloth. The symbols stand for proverbs that remind Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. everyone of responsibility, harmony with nature, family values, and how to live a good life. Community Foundation and the San Francisco Chapter of Links, Inc. celebrate Black History Month in partnership with the Aquarium of the Bay at PIER 39.

SANKOFA DAYS @ The BAY establishes our commitment to the principles at the core of this movement for environmental justice and sustainability ASASE YE DURU ASASE YE DURU BOA ME NA ME DENKYEM FAWOHODIE SANKOFA WAWA ABA and are embodied in the words of Dr. King, “Injustice MMOA WO anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are "The Earth "Fern" "Help me and let me "Crocodile" "Independence" "Return and get it" "Seed of the caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in has weight" help you" wawa tree" a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one Symbol of providence Symbol of endurance and Symbol of cooperation Symbol of adaptability. Symbol of Symbol of Symbol of hardiness, directly, affects all indirectly.” and the divinity of resourcefulness. The fern is and interdependence. The crocodile lives in the independence, freedom, importance of toughness and Mother Earth. This a hardy plant that can water, yet breathes the emancipation. "From the learning from perseverance. The seed The Sankofa symbol, a bird with feet facing forward symbol represents the grow in difficult places. air, demonstrating an expression: Fawodhodie the past. of the wawa tree is importance of the "An individual who wears ability to adapt to ene obre na enam. extremely hard. In Akan and head looking behind translates to “Know your Earth in sustaining life. this symbol suggests that circumstances. Literal translation: culture, it is a symbol of past to understand your future.” The protection and he has endured many "Independence comes someone who is strong adversities and outlasted with its responsibilities." and tough. It inspires the sustainability of our environment is critical; we can much difficulty." individual to persevere learn from past challenges to help forge a better and through hardship. stronger environment for tomorrow.

COLORS OF THE KENTE IN THE WILDS OF CALIFORNIA The design of kente cloth features many geometric patterns, and each pattern has a specific meaning, relating to the history or beliefs of the Ashanti people. Colors of kente cloth are present in the natural world in California.

Maturation, intensified spiritual energy. The female essence of life; a mild, gentle aspect of red. Monarch Butterfly Peacefulness, harmony and love. Feminine aspects of life; usually worn by women. on Butterfly Bush Vegetation, planting, harvesting, (Buddleia) Political and spiritual moods; growth, spiritual renewal. bloodshed; sacrificial rites and death. Royalty, wealth, high status, glory, Serenity, purity, joy; associated with the moon. spiritual purity. Healing and cleansing rituals; Purification, sanctification rites associated with ash. and festive occasions. The color of mother earth; California Preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, beauty. associated with healing. Poppy