About this Event
Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice and Hunter College's Humanities Action Lab for an interactive event around data collection and mixed-media storytelling on extreme heat in New York City.
Attendees will directly engage with research projects such as an interactive extreme heat StoryMap with video testimony; a participatory action research project exploring how extreme heat is impacting the physical, mental, and financial health of 31 residents in Harlem; and Climates of Inequality, a multi-media installation created by environmental justice communities including virtual reality “visits” to critical sites from Miami to Mayaguez.
We will discuss how best to share findings in interactive ways and how to use these projects to mobilize around issues of extreme heat. The event will conclude with a walking tour that will physically explore the impact of environmental and climate justice in East Harlem and some of the work we have done in the community (should end by 3:30 PM at the 4/5/6 subway station at East 125th Street & Lexington Avenue).
12:30 PM - Lunch & Installation Viewing
1:00 PM - Panel Discussion with Tali Natter, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Valentina Rojas, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Liz Sevcenko, Humanities Action Lab at Hunter College; Taina Traverso, East Harlem community leader.
2:30 PM - East Harlem Heat Tour with Caleb Smith, WE ACT for Environmental Justice & Mehdi P. Heris, Hunter College Department of Urban Policy and Planning.
Join us from 12:30-3:30 PM on Wednesday, September 23rd in Room 115A at the Silberman School of Social Work, which is located at 2180 Third Avenue (at the corner of East 119th Street). Please RSVP by September 22nd and bring photo ID. A light lunch will be provided.
Event venue & nearby stays
Silberman School of Social Work, 2180 3rd Avenue, New York, United States
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