Author Archives: Camille Dungy

Camille Participating in the Collective Trauma Summit 2020

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“DURING THIS 10-DAY EVENT WE WILL EXPLORE:

  • Discussions on the most pressing issues of our time such as racism, environment and climate change, global health care/pandemic crisis, war and conflict legacies, intergenerational trauma, and more…
  • How collective trauma surfaces in times of crisis and how it can be transformed for collective healing
  • The role of music, the arts, and poetry as a pathway to understanding and healing through Live performances and readings
  • Experiential live events and guided group meditations
  • The leading edge of working with collective trauma for practitioners and professionals”

 

Find more information and register here!

Camille featured in tea for teaching podcast!

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Episode 152: Motherhood, Poetry, and Academia

“Pursuing degrees and careers without role models can be challenging, no matter what the discipline. In this episode, Camille Dungy, an academic,  mother, and poet, shares her journey as a learner, teacher, and writer.

 

Camille is a professor in the English Department at Colorado State University, and the author of Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History, a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. She is the author of four collections of poetry for which she has received many, many awards, including the Colorado Book Award, and the American Book Award. Her poems have been published in dozens of anthologies, many of which begin with the word “best” in the title. Camille is a recipient of a 2019  Guggenheim Fellowship, and many other awards and fellowships.”

 

Listen here!

Camille to Read at the DNC Climate Council

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“WHAT: DNC Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis Democratic Convention Event

WHEN: Tuesday, August 18th, 4:00pm CT/5:00pm ET (2 hours)

WHO: 

  • Michelle Deatrick, Founder and Chair, DNC Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis

  • Jay Inslee, Washington Governor and former presidential candidate

  • Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General and former U.S. Representative

  • Tom Steyer, environmentalist and philanthropist

  • Camille T. Dungy, poet and editor

  • Costa Constantanides, Council Member (District 22), New York City Council and Chair, New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection

  • Danielle Deiseroth, Climate Data Analyst, Data for Progress

  • Ilona Josefina Duverge, Co-Founder and NYC Director, Movement School

  • Paulette Jordan, Democratic Nominee for US Senate (Idaho) & DNC Council on Environment and Climate Crisis Executive Board member

  • Peggy Shepard, Executive Director and Co-Founder, WE ACT For Environmental JusticeShannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians

WHERE: Delegates and members of the public can register for the virtual event here.”