While working together around a sari-covered table, participants will discuss strategies for climate action. They will draw, paint, and write climate pledges on the 18-foot-long hand-woven cotton sari (a women’s garment from the Indian subcontinent) in solidarity with women farmers of coastal Bangladesh, who are on the frontlines of climate change. Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will lead the workshop. She has been co-creating saris with communities for 10 years. This event received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. |