 | Story-telling by Trina Mullins will be among the activities highlighting the Peabody's two-day celebration of the environmental legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. |
In what has become one of its longest-running annual traditions, the Peabody Museum of Natural History is opening its doors to the public for a free two-day festival, titled "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice," on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 18 and 19.
The program pays tribute to the civil rights leader's efforts to raise awareness about urban environmental issues and public health concerns that disproportionately affect communities of color.
The Peabody festival -- to be held noon-5 p.m. on Sunday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday -- will feature a variety of fun and educational activities for families and people of all ages and backgrounds. These will include performances by members of the New Haven community and from around the world, interactive displays by local organizations focusing on environmental and social issues, children's storytelling and a grand finale drum circle.
In addition, the program will feature the "Hip Hop Café," with break dancing, scratching, hip hop visual arts and the annual poetry slams. The latter will offer opportunities for individuals to express their own experience through poetry, freestyle or rap.
Also highlighting the festival will be the annual Arnold J. Alderman Memorial keynote lecture, which will be presented by nationally known environmental justice advocate Vernice Miller-Travis. Her talk, "Environmental Justice: The New Civil Rights Frontier," will be presented at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Peabody auditorium.
Miller-Travis was recently in charge of the environmental justice program at the Ford Foundation, and before that directed the Environmental Justice Initiative of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading national environmental organization. She co-founded the West Harlem Environmental Action, an organization committed to empowering the community to determine and implement its vision of what its environment should be, and was a founding member of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and the Northeast Environmental Justice Network. In addition, Miller-Travis has served on the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, which helps shape federal policies on toxic waste siting and management.
At a panel discussion immediately following the lecture, audience members will have the chance to hear from local decision makers and environmental justice leaders about current issues facing residents of New Haven and neighboring communities.
A complete list of activities for Peabody festival can be found at www.peabody.yale.edu/events/mlk.
The Peabody Museum of Natural History is located at 170 Whitney Ave. Parking is available in the Peabody Visitor Parking Lot, entrance off Whitney Ave. one block north of the museum. For directions, events listings or other information, call (203) 432-5050 or visit the website at www.peabody.yale.edu.
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