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Beyond the Apocalypse: A Letter for Young Activists

By Katie McKay Bryson

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Editors’ Note: In this issue of DifferenTakes, Alaskan environmental justice activist Katie McKay Bryson considers recent population alarmism from liberal sources and the isolating effects this strategy can have on young activists. In the vital struggle for climate justice, the ideas we adopt will shape our future.
— Co-editors Betsy Hartmann and Katie McKay Bryson

Katie McKay Bryson is Coordinator of the Population & Development Program at Hampshire College, and has worked previously in the fields of environmental justice, access to affordable housing, and higher education. Her 2006 thesis, “Purity and Other Tall Tales: Military Contamination and the Journey to Environmental Justice in Alaska” expands on ideas in this essay, and is available upon request at kbryson@hampshire.edu