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51³Ô¹Ï This Event

Join us as award-winning writer Terry Tempest Williams shares a short reading from her celebrated works, followed by an interview and moderated discussion. Engage with the community on the topics of climate change as a moral and social justice issue, the role of imagination and creativity in ecological restoration, the art and craft of writing and reading well, and how environmental stewardship intersects with human dignity and global solidarity.

51³Ô¹Ï the Speaker: 

Terry Tempest Williams is an award-winning author, environmentalist, and activist widely recognized for her eloquent advocacy on behalf of environmental justice and freedom of speech. Her work explores the intersection of ecological issues with social justice, ethics, and spirituality. Williams is the author of numerous influential books, including Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, The Hour of Land, and Erosion: Essays of Undoing. She currently serves as Writer-in-Residence at Harvard Divinity School and co-founded the Constellation Project, which promotes imagination and creativity in planetary health.

Williams has testified before Congress, collaborated with artists and photographers on projects addressing environmental and cultural resilience, and received prestigious honors such as the Sierra Club’s John Muir Award and the Thoreau Prize. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Orion Magazine, making her a leading voice for ecological consciousness and social change.