Return to Source: An Earth Day Celebration
April 22 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm UTC-8
Join us on Tuesday, April 22 at Union Theological Seminary for an Earth Day celebration. This gathering, on the 10th anniversary of the Center for Earth Ethics, will honor and celebrate the Earth through ceremony, words, and musical and artistic offerings. We will be joined by the New York City Labor Chorus, Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Danza Mexica, Lyla June, Gavin Schmidt, Jacqui Patterson, Onondaga Women’s Singing Society, Arbert Santana Ballroom Freedom School: Ballroom Climate Justice Project, and other special guests.
Doors will open at 3:30 for a ceremonial gathering in the courtyard. All are welcome to bring something to place on an Earth altar that we will co-create. This could be a flower, leaf, stone, or an object or image that reminds you of the interrelatedness of life on Earth.
The program in James Chapel begins at 5 p.m., followed by a reception.
Please enter at 90 Claremont Avenue.
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Speakers and Special Guests:
Onondaga Women’s Singing Society
The Onondaga Women’s Singing Society plays a vital role in supporting community members of the Onondaga Nation in times of need. As a mutual aid group, they often come together to offer comfort, solidarity, and cultural strength.
Dr. Gavin Schmidt
Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS); Faculty, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University.
Tattercoats
Ned Joyner (Communications and Education Associate at CEE) and Charlotte Wager Miller play folk, roots and traditional music of the American songbook.
Arbert Santana Ballroom Freedom School: Ballroom Climate Justice Project
A collaboration with the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. Michael Roberson, Rev. Ken Alston, Jr, Kadavion Taylor.
Jacqueline Patterson
Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. Former Senior Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
New York City Labor Chorus
The New York City Labor Chorus brings labor’s message, sharing the importance of unions in the struggle for social, economic and environmental justice and encouraging solidarity among working people everywhere. Music Director, Jana Ballard; Accompanist, Dennis A. Nelson.
Dr. Lyla June Johnston
Musician, Native foods researcher and internationally recognized performance poet of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages.
Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Danza Mexica
Honoring Mother Earth through ceremonial dances and prayers, an Indigenous practice originating from the Mexica (me-shi-ka) people of Central Mexico.