Toussaint St. Negritude is NBNC’s Visiting Teacher-Naturalist

photo courtesy of North Branch Nature Center

The North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier has selected Toussaint St. Negritude to be its spring Visiting Teacher-Naturalist. A musician and author of Mountain Spells, St. Negritude will facilitate a variety of workshops for youth and adults, as well as a session centering BIPoC and/or Queer participants.

Each workshop will help participants connect with nature and find inspiration to express themselves through poetry and music while contemplating the existential questions and challenges we face as a community today. Everyone is invited to share new experiences in nature, explore ways to express yourself, and discover the poet’s vision for how community-building can prepare for collective liberation.

According to NBNC, the Visiting Teacher-Naturalist residency program is designed to spotlight the expertise, knowledge, and skills of Black, Indigenous, POC, rural, immigrant, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The goal is to host experts who represent identities missing from our current staff, thus broadening the perspectives shared with the NBNC community.

Learn more on our events page as well as on NBNC’s website.