Ambassador Robert Blake Jr.
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy where she leads and coordinates the organization’s scientific efforts. Her areas of expertise include science communication, greenhouse gas emission, and developing and applying high-resolution climate projections for assessing regional to local-scale impacts of climate change on human systems and the natural environment. She holds a BSc in physics from the University of Toronto and an MS and PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois and has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including four honorary doctorates and being named a United Nations Champion of the Earth. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond was appointed as Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space in April 2021. In this role, she oversees policy and programs on energy, climate change, food justice, historic preservation, and open space. Over the course of her time with the City, she has supported the amendment of the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) to set carbon targets for existing large buildings and convened a city-led green jobs program. Rev. Mariama was born and raised in Boston and began her community engagement in high school, mostly pointedly with Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past - History, Organizing, and Power), a youth organization focused on teaching the history of the Civil Rights Movement and engaging a new generation of young people in activism. After college, she became the Executive Director of Project HIP-HOP, where she served for 13 years. In 2017, she graduated with her Master of Divinity at the Boston University School of Theology and was ordained an elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2018, she founded New Roots AME Church in Dorchester where she currently pastors. Rev. Mariama uses an intersectional lens in her ecological work, challenging folks to see the connections between immigration and climate change or the relationship between energy policy and economic justice. She has received numerous awards, including the Barr Fellowship, the Celtics Heroes Among Us, The Roxbury Founders Day Award, and the Boston NAACP Image Award. She was selected as one of the Grist 50 Fixers for 2019 and Sojourners 11 Women Shaping the Church. David Sittenfeld serves as Director for the Center for the Environment at the Museum of Science, Boston. Dr. Sittenfeld has been an educator at the Museum for approximately 25 years, overseeing special projects and network-scale activities pertaining to issues that lie at the intersection of science and society. He served as principal investigator for the NOAA-funded Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities project and co-PI for the Science Center Public Forums project, which implemented community-based science-to-civics activities at 30 US science centers on extreme heat, drought, extreme precipitation, and sea level rise. David led the Wicked Hot Boston and Wicked Hot Mystic projects, which identified heat and air quality-related vulnerabilities in over 20 communities in and around Boston through community-engaged participatory science. David holds a Ph.D. from Northeastern University, where he researched participatory methods and geospatial modeling and visualization techniques about climate-related hazards.
Museum of Science
Photographer Dennis Geller
Peabody Essex Museum
Petra Slinkard, PEM’s Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles Kate Black, expert in ethical fashion and sustainable living, founder of EcoSessions® and author
Peabody Essex Museum
John Shattuck is Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Tufts University, specializing in transatlantic affairs and US foreign policy, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, focusing on the contemporary crisis of democracy in the US and Europe. Previously, he served as the President of Central European University in Budapest, Hungary (2009-2016), the CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under President Clinton. From 1984 to 1993 Shattuck was a Vice-President at Harvard University and taught at the Harvard Law School. His many publications include Freedom on Fire, a study of the international response to genocide and crimes against humanity, Rights of Privacy, and articles on higher education, human rights, foreign affairs, and international security. Brian Conley, PhD, is an associate professor and program director, Graduate Program in Political Science, Government Department, Suffolk University. His research interests include American Politics, Political Parties and Party Systems, Political Marketing and Branding, Research Methods, Public Policy, and Social Movement Theory and Practice.
Suffolk University
Peabody Essex Museum
Old South Meeting House
CONVERSATION Creating Wearable Art 1–2 pm | Morse Auditorium Reservations by February 17 New York-based designer Miodrag Guberinic together with House of Cach fashion and art gallery owner Alexa Cach picked up three awards for their 2016 WOW® World of WearableArt™ entries. Join them as they discuss their inspirations, collaborative processes and what it is like to participate in the annual international design competition. Shoshana Resnikoff, PEM’s assistant curator for exhibitions and research, moderates this conversation. ADULT WORKSHOP WOW®-Inspired Accessories 10–11:30 am | Studio 1, Create Space Space limited; Reservations by February 17 Transform vinyl banners, embroidery floss, printed cotton and acrylic paints into unique pieces that can be worn for any occasion. Fiber artist Rachel Chambers leads this hand-on workshop. PERFORMANCE Stilt Dancers Noon–3 pm | Atrium Pushing the boundaries of what traditional circus means, the stilt dancers of the Boston Circus Guild present an astonishing spectacle. Observe their remarkable skills and interact with these talented artists. DROP-IN ART MAKING Upcycled Wearable Art 1–4 pm | Atrium Create wearable art pins from upcycled vinyl museum banners. Led by fiber artist Rachel Chambers. DEMONSTRATIONS Transforming Wood into Wearable Art Noon – 4 pm, Atrium Combining natural forms and time-honored craftsmanship, woodworker Richard Crangle creates breathtaking pieces that defy logic and blur the boundaries of what is “wearable,” such as his Raven Dress, made of more than 500 hand-cut wood “feathers.” Metamorphosis of Sea Shells Noon–4 pm, Atrium Watch artist and award-winning WOW® designer Lorene Ireland deftly assemble seashells, fine china mosaics and other materials to create her fantastical garments.
Peabody Essex Museum
Old South Meeting House
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