When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Rain date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM )
Where: Chestertown, Maryland
Who: Founder of Minorities in Aquaculture Imani Black and ShoreRivers Director of Community Engagement Darran White Tilghman
Ticket: $40 per person
Total Tickets Available: REGISTRATION CLOSED

This walking tour is hosted by founder of Minorities in Aquaculture Imani Black and Director of Community Engagement Darran White Tilghman. The tour will explore environmental justice and the geography of privilege in historic Chestertown. Walking past waterfront homes, hidden streams, and bricks that tell stories, you are sure to learn something new about Chestertown’s past and present relationship with water. The tour will conclude at the Washington College’s stunning Center for Environment & Society, where your guides will look towards the future Chestertown we can build together.

Imani Black is an African American oyster farmer building a career in the rapidly growing aquaculture industry. She was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and her love for conservation and restoration on the Chesapeake Bay started at a young age. Imani comes from a long family history of watermen from Rock Hall, Crisfield and Cambridge, MD that dates back over 200 years. Darran White Tilghman works to develop a strong and diverse ambassador base for ShoreRivers’ work, mobilize grassroots behavior change, and inspire civic engagement. The Tilghman family has lived on the Eastern Shore since the 1660s, and those deep, complex roots are part of Darran’s connection to the land, water, and communities here.