Tending Tomorrow, Picturing Today features photography by Ndagire Brendah and quotes by Leah Reesor-Keller, author of Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet. The exhibit hopes to inspire viewers to reflect on the interconnection between humans and the natural world, challenging dominant Western ontological understandings of social and natural world hierarchies to imagine flourishing futures for people and the planet. This exhibition of photography and prose is an opportunity to critically observe the impact of our actions on the natural world and re-examine our relationship with the environment and each other.
Ndagire Brendah
A freelance photographer who loves building relationships with nature. She is currently the Undergraduate Academic and Administrative Officer for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) at Conrad Grebel University College. As a graduate student, she focused the majority of her research projects on examining and understanding the experiences of women at grassroots levels in East Africa and Latin America, with different forms of violence, especially armed violence, sexual and gender-based violence, and their role in peacebuilding processes. She has studied, lived, and worked in East Africa, Colombia, South America, Canada, and the United States. She has worked with community-based and international development organizations, including working as a Community Development Worker, focusing on monitoring and evaluation of projects implemented by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) community partner organization, Fagrotes - Fundación Agropecuaria Tejiendo Esperanza, in Chocó, Colombia, where she photographed the majority of the images in this exhibition. Connect with Ndagire on Instagram @theafricantransplantfotos.
Leah Reesor-Keller
A speaker, writer, and leadership consultant who helps churches and nonprofits set vision and strategy for transformational change. She is the author of Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet (Herald Press, 2024), and writes the monthly Imagining Change newsletter on Substack. She has 20 years of experience with social justice and faith-based organizations in Canada, Jamaica, Haiti and Nepal seeking to bring about positive, equitable change that benefits people and the planet. Most recently she served as Transitional Executive Director with KAIROS Canada, and before that as Executive Minister of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. Leah is a co-founder of the Junia Centre (JuniaCentre.ca), a network of artists, scholars, and practitioners generating change and building towards expansive, liberatory faith expression. She holds an MA in Development Studies (York University) and a BA in Political Science and Peace and Conflict studies (University of Waterloo). Connect with Leah through her website LeahReesorKeller.com and on Instagram @leah.reesorkeller.
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