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Last May 31^st, PhD Candidates, , and  organized a teach-in, panel, and zine-making workshop to explore this pressing question. Motivated by the need to bring more artistic and culturally relevant ways of knowing the ocean to climate change conversations, the “Island and Ocean Imaginaries Workshop: Exploring the Caribbean’s Everchanging relationship to the sea” invited Caribbean historian, artist, and activist  to give a keynote speech on indigenous connections to the ocean, and ways of knowing and learning of the ocean through folklore. Invited panelists, , , and , further reflected on how artistic practice and lived experience are integral to healing relationships with the ocean.

Filled with food, connection, and emotion, the event centered Caribbean islanders’ experience and focused on how we can come together in mutual learning to find healing through legacies of colonialism and climate catastrophes. We are so grateful to the ABCSSS islanders, Caribbean people, Islanders, researchers, students, and everyone else that showed up! We look forward to future iterations of this workshop focusing on different island geographies.