Cameran Bahnsen

GFI Fellow - Class of 2021

Undergraduate student, environmental studies, minor in American Indian and Indigenous studies
UC Santa Barbara

DESCRIPTION

2021-22 GFI student fellow

Cameran’s project will build off her existing 2020-21 GFI Fellowship project which creates partnerships and collaborations that establish a reciprocal bridge between UCSB's Indigenous communities (AIIGA, AIISA, AIIC), campus communities (food security programs, students, UCSB faculty/staff, health and wellness, sustainability), and the Environmental Studies Program. They hope to increase food sovereignty, TEK, plant re-learning, and cultural connection efforts via workshops, classes, and community time in the "3-Sisters & 4-Directions" indigenous garden, ultimately aiming to improve the well-being of our Native community. They will also work with the broader UCSB community in order to promote and foster Indigenous food sovereignty, Indigenous allyship, Indigenous culture and history, and Chumash culture & representation via workshops and classes in the UCSB “3-sisters and 4-directions” Indigenous Garden.