The Climate Museum Presents Talking Climate: Grief, a Discussion on Climate, Inequality, and Grief
New York, NY (February 8, 2021) — The Climate Museum presents Talking Climate: Grief, a free, online program on Friday, February 12 from 1-2pm EST. The discussion will confront the compounding crises of the global pandemic, racial inequality, and climate, looking at how grief has become a shared social condition, and what we can do to move toward collective action.
Talking Climate: Grief will examine the layering of loss and trauma that unevenly burdens communities across the U.S.. Like all of the Climate Museum’s programming, Grief aims to create ground for community-building, democratic engagement, and civic action.
Expert panelists include:
Shahzeen Attari of Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder and CEO of Dayenu
The event will begin with a reading by poet Otaniyuwa Ehue. Moderated by Miranda Massie, Director of the Climate Museum.
Grief is the second installment of Second Fridays at the Climate Museum, a series featuring interdisciplinary panels delving into themes—such as Displacements, Grief, and Infrastructure—at the intersection of the climate crisis and different forms of inequality. For further information, or to register visit: www.climatemuseum.org/second-fridays.
About the Climate Museum
The Climate Museum is the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to the climate crisis. The museum’s mission is to inspire action on the climate crisis with public programming across the arts and sciences that deepens understanding, builds community, and advances just solutions. Most people in the U.S. are worried about the climate crisis, but remain silent and inactive. The Climate Museum offers public programming to meet the rising demand for multiple pathways to civic engagement and climate action. Through exhibitions, panels, workshops, educational initiatives, and youth programs, it builds community around just solutions, mobilizing people to join the fight for a brighter future. Additional information is available at climatemuseum.org.
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