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August 2024
Generational Cycles in Activism (Judy Clark)
Judy Clark was a red diaper baby who jumped into activism in her early teens, supporting the struggle for quality education and community control in NYC, led by the Black community in Brooklyn. By 1970, she joined Weatherman SDS, and for over a decade immersed herself in small, self-enclosed. anti-imperialist cadre organizations that championed armed struggle, even after becoming a mother. Ultimately, she spent 38 years in prison for her part in the 1981 BLA Brinks robbery, in which three…
Find out more »Counter-Narratives & Challenging Hegemony through Art (Part I – Poetry)
A morning poetry workshop with a Brooklyn-based writing group (Ben Snyder, Misa Dayson, Thyra Heder, and Felice Belle), part one in a three-part series. Listen to some examples of Felice Belle's poetry from TEDCity2.0 and Brooklyn Poets.
Find out more »Balancing Fear and “Hopeism” in the Face of the Climate Crisis and Rising Fascism
Liza Featherstone is a writer tackling issues ranging from climate to labor and the DSA. She is contributing writer for The Nation, and a columnist for Jacobin Magazine and The New Republic. She is also an adjunct professor of public policy at Columbia University and NYU. In this talk, she will build on a general thesis about the right balance in messaging to keep us active in the face of crises.
Find out more »Counter-Narratives & Challenging Hegemony through Art (Part II – Narrative Storytelling)
A morning narrative storytelling workshop with a Brooklyn-based writing group (Ben Snyder, Misa Dayson, Thyra Heder, and Felice Belle), part two in a three-part series. Ben Snyder recently won best screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Find out more »Counter-Narratives and Challenging Hegemony through Art (Part III – Improv)
A morning improv workshop with a Brooklyn-based writing group (Ben Snyder, Misa Dayson, Thyra Heder, and Felice Belle), part three in a three-part series. Ben Snyder recently won best screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Find out more »Public Education & the Movement for Fair School Funding (Andru Volinsky)
Andru Volinsky was the lead lawyer in a series of cases (the Clarement cases) that established a constitutional right to public education and challenged the constitutionality of NH public school funding. He will share highlights and lessons from his book in process, Litigation and Public Policy for Change, which connects the dots between a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that shut down the prospects for a federal constitutional right to education and the struggles over 30 years of litigation around…
Find out more »Fun Night!
Every Friday, bring your song, poem, skit, stand-up routine, strange-but-beguiling act, instrument, dance, juggling, children's plays, etc., to entertain and amuse at Fun Night. All ages, all acts… all love it, every Friday! Sign up ahead or let the spirit move you.
Find out more »Bioblitz 2024! (Day 1)
World Fellowship is hosting Bioblitz 2024, in which small teams will work with naturalists to find and identify as many species as possible on our 455-acres of conservation, including forests, wetlands, lakes and ponds within a 24-hour period. This includes identification and learning about trees, plants, birds, insects, mushrooms, birds, and other animals. This event will be led by Larry Millman, author, mycologist and world explorer, who will be joined by other environmental groups. Weekend and overnight visitors can reserve…
Find out more »Transformative Advocacy & Awakening Citizens to Their Power: A Climate Advocacy Case Study (Gary Rucinski, activist)
Former Vice President Al Gore once remarked that "all we lack is the political will" to act on climate. In 2007 a retired real estate agent from southern California decided to do something about this. He founded Citizens’ Climate Lobby with a mission of building the political will for a livable world by awakening individuals to their power as citizens. In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to the concept of transformational advocacy with examples drawn from the speaker’s…
Find out more »The Viscera of Our Times (Felice Belle, poet) (Poetry Reading)
Felice Belle will read from her debut poetry collection Viscera (Etruscan Press, 2023). Her poems explore—among many things—pandemic isolation, heartbreak and loss, cultural collisions, dreams, and desire. As author Colum McCann writes in the book's afterword, "These poems get to the heart of the matter...the true viscera, the blood and guts of who we are." As a poet and playwright, Felice Belle has performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe’s Pub, TEDWomen, and TEDCity2.0. Her writing has been published in several…
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