Green Tease: Exploring migrant and climate justice through art and culture

Join us to explore the intersection of climate and migrant justice in the arts. 

We will platform examples of intersectional justice in practice, hearing from cultural organisations which hold spaces of welcome, support and opportunity for forcibly displaced people. The event will also platform international artists and producers who centre lived experience of climate-linked migration and who challenge alarmist rhetoric. This online session will offer time and community, to reflect on how intersectional justice can be embedded within your own work and to forge new connections.

The Green Tease will start with an introduction focused on the relationship between climate and migrant justice led by Fahmida Miah. Next, we’ll hear three inspiring case studies of intersectional justice in practice from MoYah from May Project Gardens, D6: Culture in Transit and Glasgow Women’s Library. Find out more about our collaborators below.

Attendees will then join one of four facilitated discussions exploring:

• How we make sense of the climate-migration intersection (Climate Outreach)
• Creative programming at the intersection (D6: Culture in Transit)
• Intersectional operations and ethics (Glasgow Women’s Library and Culture for Climate Scotland)
• Centring lived experience and leadership (MoYah and City of Sanctuary UK)

The event will conclude with dedicated time to consider, discuss and share what actions we can take to address the intersection of climate and migrant justice in our own work.

Green Tease: exploring migrant and climate justice through art and culture has been developed through a collaboration between Culture for Climate Scotland and City of Sanctuary UK.

Our Collaborators

• Fahmida Miah manages the Migration Programme at Climate Outreach, an organisation who work to create new climate stories. Fahmida’s role focusses on the interconnections between climate change and patterns of human movement, and how to effectively communicate this intersection to protect the dignity and rights of migrants and refugees.

• MoYah is an Afro-fusion rapper, multidisciplinary artist, and cultural producer working at the intersection of music, social justice, and climate awareness. He is the Hip-Hop Garden Manager at May Project Gardens where he connects permaculture principles with Hip-Hop culture, using lyricism, storytelling, and food growing to explore identity, resilience, and our relationship with the land. He is also the co-founder of the national arts and cultural festival: Refugee Week Portugal.

• D6: Culture in Transit is a visual arts organisation working with extraordinary artists, communities and partners across borders with a shared belief in the value of the arts in creating a more just and equal society. Through artistic exchange, research residencies and international projects, they explore social and environmental issues that concern and connect us all. At the Green Tease, D6 will present: ASSEMBLE is a new international arts programme exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, displacement, conflict and ecological decline.

• Glasgow Women's Library is the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programmes of public events & learning opportunities. Glasgow Women’s Library is currently the only cultural organisation in Scotland to be part of Culture for Climate Scotland’s Green Arts cohort and to hold a City of Sanctuary Award.

• Ben Margolis is a trustee of City of Sanctuary UK, a charity which works with community groups, institutions and organisations at the heart of local communities to create a culture of welcome, support and opportunity for people seeking sanctuary. Ben is co-founder of Norwich City of Sanctuary and was previously director of The Climate Coalition. He now works as a consultant on climate and migrant justice.

About Green Tease 

Green Tease is culture/SHIFT's ongoing informal events programme connecting cultural practices and environmental sustainability across Scotland. Since 2013, Green Tease has provided a platform for those interested in teasing out the links between the arts, climate change and environmental sustainability through the exchange of ideas, knowledge and practices. Green Tease events are open to people from creative and environmental backgrounds and free to attend.

Access

This event will take place on Zoom. In the first half there will be a series of presentations, these will not require active participation. In the second half you will join a series of breakout discussions where you are invited to actively share your experiences and ideas.

Do you need support to attend?

Culture for Climate Scotland is committed to ensuring that our events are accessible for everyone, regardless of their disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status or caring responsibility.

We will make any necessary adjustments to our events so that no one is excluded. These adjustments will, most likely, differ from event-to-event and person-to-person, so we need your help to get it right. In the past, we have provided quiet spaces, British Sign Language interpreters and internet dongles for portable internet access.

Some adjustments may take more time to arrange than others, so we appreciate you giving us as much notice as possible about what you need so that we can support you to get the most out of this event.

Please inform us of your accessibility requirements for this event during the registration process. If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to hannah.imlach@cultureforclimate.scot or telephone +44 (0)131 243 2760 and speak to a member of staff.