{"id":35815,"date":"2021-11-23T20:39:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?p=35815"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:48:02","slug":"the-land-had-imperial-scars-the-ocean-knew-all-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/the-land-had-imperial-scars-the-ocean-knew-all-along\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land Had Imperial Scars \/\/ The Ocean Knew All Along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">By Jessica Olson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px; font-style:italic\">Jessica Olson (she\/her) describes herself as a queer climate feminist. Involved in feminist organizing in UN climate processes since 2012, Jessica&#8217;s work ranges from publishing a report on gender, climate, and human mobility dynamics with UN women and Zines with the Young Feminist For Climate Justice Coalition in her professional capacity at the Sierra Club, to facilitating gender justice and anti-racism workshops across the climate movement. 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