A Day at the Shore: Ecologists and Environmental Advocates

About The Event

MoCP is delighted to host Great Lakes Region ecologists, environmental advocates, and the general public as part of Shore|Lines for a day of public events. Co-moderated by Asha Iman Veal, MoCP Associate Curator and Libia Bianibi, Deputy Director at Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice 

11:00 am Film Screening: “Descendant” (2022)  

Special post-show conversation with Kamau Sadiki, Board Member of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers and the Diving with a Purpose international organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of submerged heritage resources. 

2:00 pm Presentations by Akima Brackeen and Jeremy Orr 

Akima Brackeen  

Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Community Design Director at Architecture for Public Benefit, focusing on water access and challenging racial perceptions and values of waterscapes. 

Jeremy Orr  

Director of Litigation & Advocacy Partnerships at Earthjustice Master Teacher and Certified Wildlife Biologist, Poet, Birder, and MacArthur Foundation Awardee 

3:00 pm Audio Walk: 

Join artist JeeYeun Lee and environmentalist Billie Kerner (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi) in an outdoor audio walk that contemplates the lakefront as a liminal space between land and water, simultaneously a public good, treaty violation, and strategy to suppress insurgence.

*Please register for this event by clicking the button below. You will be able to register for single sessions or the full day.