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Storytelling against the Climate Crisis

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 12pm to 1pm

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Dr. Ricia Chansky, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tuesday, April 12 6:00PM

Lecture: "Revolutionary Listening: Oral History and Disaster"

Green Library Room 220

 

Wednesday, April 13 12:00PM

Workshop: "Constructing an Umbrella Model for the Climate Crisis"

Green Library Room 220

 

Following Hurricane Maria's devastation in the Puerto Rican archipelago, Ricia worked with over 100 students to record stories of survival in their communities as a way to heal, raise awareness, inform policymakers, and create datasets for disaster responders.

The project was funded by the NEA and received an MLA award for innovation in Humanities. Ricia was named a Voice of Witness Fellow and selected as a partner in the Humanities Action Lab. She was recognized by the Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center as a global climate justice leader and has received funding from the NEH to create an oral history lab to fight the climate crisis and related social injustices. Ricia is joined by Aleyshka Estevez Quintana and Natalia M. Betancourt Malave, graduate student research assistants on the project who are conducting active research.

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Academics

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Students Faculty & Staff Alumni General Public

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Extreme Events Institute, Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab

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