The Art at the Heart of Civil Disobedience 01/22/2020 Living From Happiness

<p>Yay, Arte (Artemisio) Romero y Carver is back for one more show before he heads off to the wilds of a semester in Napa Valley, Cali.</p> <p>Melanie loves the fast-paced, youth-oriented, artistic, and activist points of view that Arte shares so eloquently.</p> <p>Talking points include:</p> <ul> <li>what art brings to the table;</li> <li>how artists are critically important to social change movements;</li> <li>the national climate activist group, the Sunrise Movement and the Democrats;</li> <li>why adults aren't stepping up about the climate crisis.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;">Cree Indian Prophecy</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">powerhouse book recommendation from Melanie: <em>The Overstory</em>, by Richard Powers</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "https://www.youthunited4climatecrisisaction.org/">YUCCA (YouthUnited4ClimateCrisisAction) website here</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "https://www.sunrisemovement.org/">the national Sunrise Movement here</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "https://melanieharth.com/">more about Dr. Melanie Harth here</a></p>