Join us for this interactive virtual session in the next BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series event exploring Forest Therapy as a practice of collective, justice-oriented care. Participants are invited to reflect on how land, listening, and relationship shape healing and belonging. Rather than treating nature as a resource, Forest Therapy offers a way of being with the land rooted in reciprocity, presence, and care.
Grounded in ancestral ways of knowing and trauma-informed, equity-focused practice, the session considers how access to land, rest, and healing has been shaped by history and systemic inequities. Through guided reflection and dialogue, participants will explore their own relationships to care—how it is given, received, and held within communities and systems—while learning how Forest Therapy can support collective healing in times of grief, burnout, and change.
This event is part of the BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series presented by BU School of Social Work’s Equity & Inclusion Committee. Please visit bu.edu/ssw/eiss for additional details, past event recordings and more.
One CE credit will be available to social workers licensed in Massachusetts. If you wish to receive CE credit, please provide your license number in the registration form.
Accessibility:
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability or believe you may require accommodation for another reason, please contact the BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Committee at swequity@bu.edu to discuss your needs.
Speaker Information:
Andrea Jaramillo (she/they)
Andrea Jaramillo (she/they) is a certified Forest Therapy Guide and founder of Forest Nurse. Her work approaches nature-based practice as collective, justice-oriented care, centering Forest Therapy through a relational and equity-focused lens while honoring ancestral ways of knowing and caring. Informed by her background as a registered nurse in labor and delivery, hospice, and maternal–infant public health, she invites reflection on access to land, rest, healing, grief-tending, belonging, and how we care and are cared for within our communities and systems.
website: forestnurse.com
IG: @forestnurse
The webinar will be conducted using the online Zoom webinar platform. Access information and additional instructions on using the Zoom platform will be provided via email upon successful registration. This webinar is open to all members of the BU community including alumni, students, faculty, and staff.