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In the beginning, Small Steps on Climate Change was a dance and embodied movement performance intended to inspire Metro Boston to view climate change as an opportunity to create stronger, collaborative, healthier, and more vibrant communities in the face of climate change. Just six weeks before opening night, COVID-19 altered the path.
Small Steps: Dances of Resilience is a full-length documentary film about overcoming the struggle to create and perform during a global pandemic. The dancers tell their stories of climate, COVID, art, and hope, and, finally, they dance.
Join us for three film screenings on YouTube Live this September 9, 10, and 11. Each screening will be time-limited and all content will be removed between and after each screening, so see it while you can!
After the Friday, September 11 performance, we will hold a “Meet the Dancers” Q&A session on Zoom.
The production was developed by movement artist, screenwriter and Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Artist-in-Residence Hortense Gerardo and MAPC Senior Environmental Planner Darci Schofield to integrate the arts into climate change planning.
Directed by Hortense Gerardo and produced by Darci Schofield and MAPC.
Featuring original choreography and performances by:
- Laura Sanchez Garcia, award-winning flamenco dancer, choreographer, and educator
- Elizabeth Walker, former Los Angeles Ballet soloist
- Simon Chernow, KRUMP and fusion hip-hop dancer and core leader of Boston’s Climate Strike
- Jean Appolon Expressions, Haitian dance troupe fusing contemporary elements with Haitian folkloric dance
- Olivia Link, contemporary modern dancer and Urbanity Dance educator
- Any Berube and Theo Martinez, competitive ballroom salsa dancers and instructors
Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lfuCtrTMpGNYDU88dJx6pMrgfpYWZHqeI
Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrfu6sqj8iG9KYy-zCMAUeAg5vUznCtMco
MAPC’s Clean Energy Department is hosting its first webinar in a series about what centering equity in municipal-level clean energy and climate planning and implementation can look like. This first event will provide an introduction to equity in climate planning, followed by presentations and a panel discussion with three guest speakers who have worked on equitable climate planning in their municipalities:
• Emily Koo, Director of Sustainability, City of Providence
• Shayna Hirshfield-Gold, Climate Program Manager, City of Oakland
• Ibrahim Lopez-Hernandez, Sustainability Manager, City of Chelsea and Revere, Town of Winthrop
There will then be an opportunity for Q&A with attendees.
Stay tuned for information about the additional sessions in the webinar series!
For more information on the South West Advisory Planning Committee (SWAP) Legislative Breakfast, please contact Subregional Coordinator, Brian Luther (bluther@mapc.org).
Join Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to learn more about our climate, energy, and environment work. MAPC is the regional planning agency serving 101 cities and towns in Metro Boston. Our Clean Energy Department and Environment Department are hiring both full-time positions, as well as summer internships. Come learn about regional planning, our departments, and open positions at this virtual information session.
Session is meant to be for: higher education students, soon-to-be grads, recent graduates, mid-level professionals.
For information on this event, please contact the Subregional Coordinator:
Abbey Judd
ajudd@mapc.org
Find more information about TRIC here.
For more information, please reach out to the MWRC Subregional Coordinator:
Leah Robins
lrobins@mapc.org
Learn more about the MetroWest Regional Collaborative here.
Please join MAPC, the Three Rivers Interlocal Council (TRIC), and your fellow community leaders for a conversation about opportunities for regional and state collaboration and partnership, over tasty breakfast foods and beverages.
Location
Grazina Event Space at Norwood Space Center, Building Four
83 Morse Street, Unit F
Norwood, MA 02062
Questions? Please contact:
Abbey Judd (ajudd@mapc.org)
Join us for the Community Safety Day on the Hill to learn how the Shannon Community Safety Initiative and the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative build partnerships between communities and law enforcement to prevent and address youth violence across Massachusetts.
This will be an opportunity to connect in-person to discuss the importance of annual state funding to support regional and multi-disciplinary youth programming to prevent gang violence.
Mark your calendars, and register to join us!
Questions? Please contact: Rosemary Volinski (rvolinski@mapc.org)