How do structural racism, cultural heritage, and climate intersect? Cultural heritage sites around the world are coming under intense pressure from climate change, and here in the United States, cultural institutions that are thematically Black and/or Black-run face additional jeopardy and damage from climate change, financial disinvestment, and more.

The preservation of BIPOC cultural heritage lifts up essential histories that have often been marginalized. This work enables a true understanding of our shared history as a whole—without which we cannot chart a pathway toward a safe and just future. 

Weeksville Heritage Center in Central Brooklyn uses education, arts and a social justice lens to preserve, document, and inspire engagement with the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America. Join Weeksville’s President and CEO, Raymond Codrington, PhD, in conversation with Miranda Massie, director of the Climate Museum, to learn more about this vital organization and to explore the nuances and the urgency at the crossroads of racial justice, heritage, and climate.

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