Mycelium Youth Network

Post-election offerings from MYN's Executive Director, Lil Milagro Henriquez. 💜 "This is the work of many lifetimes. Tending to the practices that move us along the arc of a just transition; divesting from the extractive systems of harm, investing in a regenerative future rooted in reciprocity, care, solidarity. These are practices. We must grow stronger in the relationships that support our collective journey to practice living in accordance with our values.   In times of despair, I lean into my communities who, when faced with what feels like insurmountable odds, find strength in one another to unite even more. We need our communities and networks, more than ever, to continue building together at a hyper-localized level to manifest the world that we want to see not just for our youth but for our plant and animal relatives. I deeply encourage you to connect. Refuse consumption of the false narratives that perpetuate hyper-individualism, scarcity mindset, hopelessness. Build with your community; contribute to your networks. Tend and grow the relationships that inspire you to live into your role as a future ancestor. Listen, and learn from past and present movements for decolonization and liberation. Follow the calls-to-action from frontline organizers who are steadfast in global solidarity work and grassroots movements across identities and borders. Keep showing up in fierce, rageful, and loving solidarity with the people of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and all Indigenous and frontline peoples of the planet. Build at scale; move in pace with the cycles and seasons of the Earth. Rest.  Hold your loved ones close. Grieve the contradictions that cannot be reconciled. Practice how you resource yourself, and how you return ready to fight in solidarity alongside youth and future generations. Practice rest.  As Mycelium reflects on our role in this moment, we remain committed to building a joyous and liberatory world where youth feel powerful and courageous knowing that they’re never alone in this fight. A world where they feel held in love, where they can greet the dawn with a purpose and hope. We will plan for how we can best share educational, care-centered, and action-oriented resources.   We invite you to resource the Mycelium Movement so that we may continue to plant the seeds of tomorrow. Your contribution supports our work to empower frontline BIPOC youth towards futures rooted in ancestral connection, place-based solutions, & untethered imaginations." Check out Lil's full letter below: https://lnkd.in/gGD9atHv

What are your Halloween plans? 👀🎃 Join Mycelium Youth Network on Thursday, October 31st in San Francisco for the Exploratorium After Dark: Creepatorium! 😈👻 Doors open at 6pm. You're invite to join us for a round (or two) of climate justice adventure gaming, learn about MYN's youth climate justice programming, &/ simply meet the Mycelium team in real life & pick up some MYN treats and treasures. 💫 Game 1 starts at @7pm. Game 2 starts @8pm. No prior gaming or climate justice warrior experience needed to play (or win). See you there! https://lnkd.in/gdV3bKw3

"What if the field of research actually started from the place of people's lives [our communities' lived experiences]? "How do we flip institutional power so we can support our young people in co-creating just solutions for a future where youth have been given the opportunity to [define the terms] of that future?" Shout out to Mycelium Youth Network's Lil Milagro Henriquez, Erica Walker, MSc, ScD of Brown University School of Public Health & Community Noise Lab, RWJF, and all who contributed to this inspiring conversation today on the future of research. Much gratitude for leaving us with the reminder that we all need to practice our "thinking like an ancestor." 💜

Thank you Leetha! It was so great to connect IRL at Poptech. We're also looking forward to continuing these important conversations with Lil Milagro Henriquez and Erica Walker, MSc, ScD ... today, Monday 10/21 @ 12pm PST. 😊 See yall in the comments! (livestream linked below) https://lnkd.in/gVreMC79

"The growing interest in the intersections of social justice and game design highlights the vital role games play in personal growth, the creation of social bonds, and the development of abilities to understand and navigate our environments. How do games inhabit the world of play while providing knowledge and skills essential to becoming full participants in the stewardship of our communities?” Mycelium Youth Network is tackling these questions through our Gaming for Justice program. We’re recreating real moments from the SF Bay Area‘s history through Dungeons & Dragons adventures where frontline BIPOC youth can see themselves as storytellers and leaders in climate futurisms and create solutions to real world challenges. In these scenarios, youth are empowered to become climate resilience warriors rooted in deep cultural connection, place-based solutions, and untethered imaginations. 💫🌱 You can learn more about MYN’s Gaming for Justice program at the 2024 Women's Environmental Leadership Summit! The Summit is a free, online event. Register below to join MYN’s Executive Director and Founder, Lil Milagro Henriquez for an exciting panel discussion on “Games, Environmentalism, & Civic Engagement” this Friday, October 18th @10:45 AM - 12:15 PM EST. See you there! 👏

As researchers, how can we build towards a healthy and equitable future? How can we transition our practices to center knowledge systems in support of a world rooted in community solutions? Join us on Monday, October 21st @ 12pm PST / 3pm EST as we dive deep into these questions and more! We are just over one week out from our participation in RWJF's “Unscripted: Candid Conversations About the Future of Research” conversation series. In this one-on-one discussion, Mycelium Youth Network's Executive Director and Founder, Lil Milagro Henriquez will speak with Erica Walker, MSc, ScD of Brown University School of Public Health and Community Noise Lab. Lil Milagro and Erica will talk shop about what the future of research might look like and what it will take to get there. ✨ Join us and register here: https://rwjf.ws/w5UeCY

Thank you for sharing Karabi Acharya. 💞 We are grateful to be in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in support of ensuring young people are at the forefront of emerging research and solutions for a just and regenerative future. ✨

Thank you for sharing Gabriel! The excitement for all the newfound connections and the possibility of future collaborations is mutual. Thank you for uplifting the Mycelium Movement- we look forward to having you join us! 💗 🌱 🍄 💫

Thank you Norcal Public Media for bringing together environmental justice leaders to share the importance of uplifting climate just solutions in public media. Stay tuned everyone...for the launch of Climate California's docu-series. 🤩