Using the arts to engage people in climate and racial justice

Festival Programming that has taken place or that we are working to develop

• Jazz & Justice speaker series and music/arts programming showing the connections between the arts and social justice
  
• Public participatory arts activities with justice themes (mural, art installation, story collection)
  
• Film and multimedia exhibits and displays with justice themes
  
• Convening and volunteer projects with justice themes

Year-Round Programming that we are striving toward...

• Climate Justice Films bringing together organizations, community members, and artists focused on this issue to tell their stories in Springfield, New Orleans, and beyond
  
• Dialogues and participatory art activities (at schools, community centers, museum, etc.) about climate change
  
• Community long tables to involve people in Springfield’s Climate Justice Initiative