September 11, 2019
7:00 - 8:30pm
United Church on the Green
270 Temple Street
New Haven, CT, USA
FREE admission
If you have questions, contact Mary Evelyn Tucker and Marika Kuzma.
an evening of
Music, Conversation, and Inspiration
to address the
Climate Crisis
in advance of the September 20-27 Global Climate Strike
including local events on the New Haven Green
and the UN Climate Action Summit
What can you do? How can we mobilize action for the climate emergency?
Schedule (download as a PDF)
Prelude
“Simple gifts” Shaker Tune Traditional American
Isobel Anthony, Yale College, ’22 Joseph Bracket
excerpt from Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland
Chamber Orchestra
Opening
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio
Welcome
Rev. Jocelyn B. Gardner Spencer, Senior Pastor,
United Church on the Green
Connecting the Dots: A Great Awakening
Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale Divinity School
Musical meditations
Paul Winter (of the Paul Winter Consort)
Voices from the Yale-New Haven Community
Melinda Tuhus, CT 350.org, Environmental journalist and
climate activist
Kazemi Adachi, Endowment Justice Coalition / Fossil Free Yale,
Yale College, '20,
Adrian Adara Huq, New Haven Climate Movement,
Metropolitan Business Academy
Viveca Morris, Executive Director, Law, Ethics & Animals Program,
Yale Law School
Ben Levin, Sunrise Movement, Yale College, '20
Musical Responses
Franz Nicolay (of the Hold Steady)
“Recorderás” [You will remember]
Soneto IV, from Cien sonetos de amor Pablo Neruda
Nefesh Cordero-Pino, Yale School of Drama
The Challenge of Climate Justice
Karenna Gore, Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
Summation
Every Voice Counts
Marika Kuzma, Professor Emerita of Music, University of California Berkeley
Astrov’s monologue, Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
Manu Kumasi, Yale School of Drama
“Simple Gifts” American Shaker Tune
All are invited to join in singing
Excerpt from Appalachian Spring/Benediction Aaron Copland
Chamber Orchestra
Flute: Marjorie Shansky
Clarinet: Jim Forgey
Bassoon: Adrienne Gallagher
Violins: Solomiya Ivakhiv, Gregory Tompkins
Patrick Doane, Emily Hyun
Violas: Annalisa Boerner, Ellen Higham
Cellos: Cara Cheung, Analissa Martinez
Bass: Robert Smith
Piano: Erika Schroth
Conductor: Marika Kuzma
News:
“Simple Gifts for Mother Earth: A beautiful way to kick off Climate Week”
By Shannon M.D. Smith. Center for Earth Ethics. November 4, 2019.
“Conductor Falls Into Place.”
By Brian Slattery. New Haven Independent. August 30, 2019.
“Pope urges politicians to take 'drastic measures' on climate change”
By Philip Pullella. Reuters. September 1, 2019.
“Is Divestment Key To Our Climate Future?”
By Lydia Brown & Lucy Nalpathanchil & Carolyn McCusker. WNPR - Connecticut Public Radio. August 1, 2019.
Resources:
“The most effective ways to curb climate change might surprise you.”
By Drew Kann, Will Houp, Judson Jones, and Sean O'Key. CNN. April 19, 2019.
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Edited by Paul Hawken. Penguin Books, 2017.
Visit the Drawdown website.
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Yale Endowment Justice Coalition
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School
Interreligious Eco-Justice Network
Photographer:
Judy Sirota Rosenthal, Sirota Rosenthal Productions
Photos by Judy Sirota Rosenthal,
Sirota Rosenthal Productions:
View more photos here.
Sponsors:
(Click on the sponsor logos to find additional resources.)
United Church on the Green, UCC
