In this podcast, Quinn Cataldi talks about his cannery unit in which his multilingual students learn about the intersections of the Chicano labor movement and social and environmental justice, specifically the ways in which the exploitation of the land and people are intertwined with legacies of colonialism. Students are then empowered to identify and write about equitable solutions that address systemic issues such as the climate crisis.

"We are trying to reenvision environmentalism as something in our day-to-day lives and interactions with each other. Watsonville is about people pushing back against systems of oppression which are destructive to the environment and to themselves as well."

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