Air pollution, unsafe housing, negative health effects, racism and more will all be featured in a two-week exhibit that opens in downtown Riverside on October 14th.
“Climate of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice” focuses on 22 communities in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia. These communities include the Inland Empire and Los Angeles. In these regions, the populations hit first and hardest by the effects of climate change are often concentrated in Black, Indigenous, people of color, immigrant, and low-income communities.
The pop-up exhibition is free and open to the public and will run until November 5th. The exhibit will be held at the Riverside Art Museum, and a film screening is scheduled for October 14th at UCR ARTS’ Culver Center for the Arts in downtown Riverside.
One of the key aspects of the exhibition is to explore the historical roots of the climate and environmental injustices that have informed the current state of the Southern California interior, said Dr. said Catherine Goodis, Teresa and Byron Pollitt Endowment Term Chair. Research and learning in the humanities and social sciences. Goodis collaborated on this project with other Southern California scholars, community partners, and students, as well as the Riverside Art Museum in Los Angeles and the Japanese American National Museum.
The two-week program was held at the Japanese American National Museum. Goodis said tourists are now encouraged to visit Riverside.
“This exhibition powerfully demonstrates how the impacts of climate change have been felt.”
We explore how change has historically been disproportionately carried out by communities of color and working people, and how they have organized change and harnessed the power of art, music, and storytelling to do so. While continuing to lift up stories from the past, it sparks the conversation and creativity needed to collectively re-envision a more just future,” Goodis said.
Includes stories from the United States, Mexico, and other communities, as well as short documentary videos highlighting local issues related to the student collaboration “Witnessing the Slow Violence of Supply Chains.” , two local stories will be on display. Faculty members from the University of California, Riverside and the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice. All worked in collaboration with a coalition of university and community organizations led by Rutgers University-Newark’s Humanities Action Lab.
The coalition also created climatesofinequality.org, an online component where anyone can access history, news and other resources, and hear testimonies.
event
Saturday, October 14th: 4:30 p.m., UCR Arts, Culver Center 3834 Main St., Riverside.
Screening of “Manzanar, Turning: When Water Becomes Dust” with a performance by Alex Miranda (Payomkawichum/Pechanga Band of the Luiseno Indians) and a discussion with filmmaker Ann Kaneko and Miranda. An inspired and poetic portrait of a place and its people, “Manzanar, Turning: When Water Turns to Dust” is set in the foothills of the majestic snow-capped Sierras, a confluence of memories in Payahunadu. It focuses on a World War II concentration camp. It is now a dry land of running water. Intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American, and rancher communities form an unexpected alliance to protect land and water. This event will launch an AR visual sound bath to accompany the film.
It is free and open to the public. Registration: ucrarts.ucr.edu
Sunday, October 22nd: 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Riverside Art Museum Rooftop (Julia Morgan Building)
“Climate of Inequality: EJ in IE” Listening Session/Public Conversation. Join us for a lively conversation with environmental justice organizers from the Inland Empire. Environmental justice organizers in the Inland Empire are considering how their communities are mobilizing storytelling for change to save their lives and the lives of generations to come. Spanish/English translation available.
It is free and open to the public and includes same-day admission to the Riverside Art Museum.
RSVP: ramcheech.ticketapp.org/portal/product/130
Thursday, November 2nd: 6 p.m., Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building)
Environmental justice in IE: Debating community-based practices in art and activism. Local social practice artists, documentarians, and activists Tamara Sedre, Noe Montes, and Anthony Victoria dig deep into the historical forces of colonialism, exploitation of land and people, and exploitation, and explore the slow-moving nature of supply chains. He talks about the challenge of expressing the violence that has occurred. . With more than a billion square feet of warehouses covering the IE and a vast infrastructure of highways, railroads, and intermodal rail yards that transport goods to market, how art humanizes problems and brings them to life in Riverside today. Is it possible to convey the magnitude of the impact? And in San Bernardino, residents have some of the highest air pollution and asthma rates in the state?
Free and open to the public. RSVP: ramcheech.ticketapp.org/portal/product/137
Riverside ArtsWalk is held on the first Thursday of each month. Admission to the Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech is free.
Saturday, November 4th: 10 a.m.-noon, Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building)
Teach “Climate of Inequality” tours and workshops.
Are you a high school, college, or university-level teacher interested in bringing local environmental justice issues into your classroom? We can provide the best pathway for students to participate in environmental justice efforts at all levels. , there is limited space available to consider strategies together and build on each other’s efforts in an intentional way. Registration required. Space is limited. Includes same-day admission to the Riverside Art Museum. Registration: ramcheech.ticketapp.org/portal/product/129
Sunday, November 5th: 1 p.m., Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building)
“Culture of Environmental Protection: Reading and Art Production” Spanish/English translation available. Children’s books are starting to focus on communicating issues related to climate change in sensitive ways and teaching readers how different cultures think about the environment. This closing day public program, in conjunction with the “Climate of Inequality” pop-up exhibit, explores the environment surrounding California Indian basket making and American Indian access to material imports for such traditional cultural practices. Explore the effects of change and try your hand at making baskets with Lorene Siscock (Mountain Cahuilla/Fort Sill Apache), curator of the Sherman Indian Museum. Also included are English and bilingual (English and Spanish) readings of We Are Water Protectors (2021 Caldecott Medal winner) by Carol Lindstrom and Michaela Gaudet, and Chasing the Sun by Timothy Musso. Books by local artists will also be featured. Art making is for all ages. Read aloud: For children aged 3 to 8.
Free and open to the public. RSVP: ramcheech.ticketapp.org/portal/product/136
First Sunday of every month. Admission to the Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech is free.