In 2017, Meyer Memorial Trust funded a partnership between Imagine Black (formerly PAALF) and Africa House in Portland, OR to develop a Climate Strategy. Desiree led a coalition of Black City Staff and community members in the design and implementation of a community dialogue series that resulted in the AfroEcology Framework. AfroEcology aims to name a uniquely African Diasporic way of describing the dynamic, spiritual, and intergenerational relationship with nature. The work continues today through Imagine Black's AfroEcology Program.