Summer Institute for Climate Change Education 2021

Participate in a current events role play centered on the Black Lives Matter principles of globalism and restorative justice. Since international companies began to extract and export oil from the Niger Delta in the mid-20th century, there have been hundreds of oil spills and many violent clashes between local people, oil workers, and government forces. In 2020, the international court in The Hague, the Netherlands decided to investigate and prosecute more than 30 years of violence, pollution, and environmental damage in the Niger Delta region.This role play activity engages students in critical thinking around the experience of Black people globally and the impact of oil and fossil fuel consumption on people’s land and livelihood.