Covid - 19 has brought crisis to the mainstream. With this has come a romanticized discourse of a “return to normalcy’. Yet, for so many in the US, a state of crisis has always been their normal. With pre-Covid-19 realities in mind and post-Covid-19 futures on the horizon, how do we work in the present to build the world[s] we want to see? How can we contextualize this pandemic within political history? What does movement building look like in a time of social distancing? Going between analysis and practice, this panel seeks to bridge theory with action through dialogue with activists and organic intellectuals on the ground.
QuiQui is a geographer, seed saver, and geographer based in Oxnard, California; Zellie Imani is a community organizer and educator living in New Jersey; George Ygarza is a PhD Candidate in the UCSB Global Studies Department.
