Blue Spaces/Blue Bodies: Watery Commons, The Great Connect for All

Deadline extended to December 15

Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”

July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

“People who visit the coast at least twice weekly tend to experience better general and mental health.”
–Dr. Lewis Elliott

“In Minnesota, the fatal drowning rate of American Indians is more than three times the rate for whites. Blacks and Asians in the state are nearly one-and-a-half times as likely to drown as whites, according to CDC statistics. The fatal drowning rate of African-American children …