Reimagining the Community—The Foundry Theatre’s 2015 Dialogue Series on Climate Change—This Changes
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2015-05-14

The Foundry Theatre is pleased to present their 2015 Dialogue series This Changes Everything with events in New York City that will be livestreaming on global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on May 11, May 18, May 30 and June 1 at 4pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 6pm CDT (Chicago) / 7pm EDT (New York) / 23:00 GMT / 12am BST (London).

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Inspired by Naomi Klein’s book on capitalism and climate change, this year’s Foundry dialogues will feature a group of unlikely allies—celebrated thinkers, activists, journalists, policy-makers and artists—with whom we will explore ways to build resilience and sustainability, and make our world last longer. Four events will explore the intersections of social justice, climate change, and aesthetics—specifically to discuss ways we can build global environmental movements in which art and creativity have strong, visible footholds. Speakers and details below:

Mon, May 11th, 7pm-9pm EDT:
Reimagining the Body

How does climate change and environmental trauma affect our bodies? 
What do climate change, disability, reproductive, racial and economic justice have in common?
How does the human body build a cooperative relationship to the planet?

Come join Aurora Levins Morales and Ebony Noelle Golden in conversation about these questions. Aurora will share stories about sickness and healing, suffering and pleasure from her new book, Kindling: Writings on the Body, her experience with Sins Invalid, a performance on beauty and disability that redefines what is 'normal' or 'sexy,' alongside her lifelong activism for racial justice, health and the reclamation of medicinal heritages of Puerto Rican women. Ebony will share learnings from her work with choreographing, staging and producing theatre that centralizes the bodies of women of color.


Mon, May 18th, 7pm-9pm EDT:
Reimagining the Community

How do communities build capacity, resilience and resistance for addressing climate change?
How important are things like storytelling, media portrayals, and localized responses to help communities bounce back?

This dialogue will feature stories and experiments from local artists, storytellers, organizers, activists and policymakers in New York, especially those involved in community rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Come join a conversation with Elizabeth Yeampierre from UPROSE, Rachel Falcone from Sandy Storyline and Beka Economopolous from Not An Alternative and The Natural History Museum. They'll be talking about different approaches to building community resilience: through collecting oral histories, supporting Sunset Parks' indigenous leaders in responding to severe weather events, educating neighbors through toxic tours, and pressuring arts/cultural institutions and museums to sever ties with climate change deniers and acknowledge the real science behind our climate crisis. Moderated by dramaturg and theatre director, Mallory Catlett.

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