Our Programs

Environmental Advocacy & Conservation Education

Still from Valarie Flores short presentation on the “Ghost Wolves of Galveston.”

We invite students, scholars, scientists, artists, and enthusiasts to make presentations on areas of specialty interest that they have demonstrated research on. We showcase these presentations on group calls and our social media channels.

Video prototype: here, on the CJT(C) YouTube Channel.

Robert Rauschenberg, 1st Earth Day Poster, via the National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/earth-day-50-featured-document

Through a radical understanding of the origins of Earth Day - its science, its civics, and its visual identity - as well as an introduction to the roles that science-informed activists and artists like Rachel Carson, Port Arthur-native Robert Rauschenberg, and Nederland-native Karen Silkwood played in advancing individual and community rights, we inspire a new generation of artists, advocates, and civic leaders to think creatively and critically about their local environments.

Project prototype: here, created by students at T.J. Middle School, Port Arthur Texas.

In collaboration with local arts and cultural institutions, we invite friend-participants from around the world to engage with us by drawing and /or writing us postcards about their own direct environmental observations.

Example postcard on the left, from our friend — Navy Veteran and former Commanding Officer, Miles Graham — sent from his travels in Japan.

Our magazine collects submissions once a year. We use it to organically create unseen community, to provide publishing opportunities to emerging artists and established advocates alike, and to partner with strong collaborative organizations who have a stake in our eco-region and beyond.
As a youth-focused engagement organization, we include voters guides and similar resources for upcoming local, statewide, and national elections.

We assist outside organizations who come to us with “point-person” and “insider-perspective” research on environmental justice, local culture, clean energy transition, youth civic engagement, mental health, physical health and wellness, and all related dialogue.