DAY 2 MORNING 8:00 - 9:00am
REGISTRATION Information on how to navigate the day Booths and Networking open
Visit and speak with representatives from regional organizations and initiatives, and experience the work of our artist-presenters. Booths are open and available all day. 8:30 - 8:45am
AWAKEN Spine stretches, Tai Chi, breath, and eye preparation (TaraMarie Perri)
9:00 - 9:15am
WELCOME REMARKS Michele Drozd, Craigardan Brittany Christianson, AdkAction
9:15 - 9:30am
FOOD + CLIMATE CHANGE W!LD Center presentation: “Food & Climate Change: Help Shape The Wild Center’s Upcoming Exhibit on Climate Change Solutions” (Erin Griffin, Charlie Reinersten)
Learn about The Wild Center’s upcoming climate change solutions exhibit, and find out how you can help shape the exhibit design process. The Wild Center is designing a solutions-focused climate change education experience, including an interactive Solutions exhibit that will open in June 2022. Based on the uniquely positive approach to climate change in Project Drawdown — a solutions-based roadmap for addressing and reversing climate change with existing technology — Solutions will immerse visitors in practical, regionally-relevant climate solutions. Join us as we explore the intersection between food and climate solutions, and share your knowledge and experience to help shape our upcoming climate solutions exhibit. We want to know what climate solutions interest you the most, and what you would like to see, learn, and experience when we open the Solutions exhibit in June 2022. 9:30 - 10:30am
OPENING KEYNOTE Karen Washington, “Moving Beyond COVID”
Since 1985, Karen Washington has worked to make New York City a better place to live and grow. As a farmer and food justice activist, she feeds people body, mind, and spirit. As a longtime member and former board president of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, she has fought for justice and fostered resilience in her borough and beyond through the power of
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