Join Urban Consulate at The Garden Theater in Detroit for a special evening with New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and adrienne maree brown, hosted by Orlando P. Bailey. Free & open to the public thanks to The Kresge Foundation.
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a scientist, policy expert, writer, and teacher working to help create the best possible climate future. She co-founded and leads Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and is the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College. Ayana authored the New York Times bestselling book What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures, co-edited the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, co-created and co-hosted the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet, and co-authored the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. She earned a BA in environmental science and public policy from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She serves on the board of directors for Patagonia and GreenWave, and on the advisory board of Environmental Voter Project. Above all: Ayana is in love with climate solutions.
adrienne maree brown (she/they) is growing a garden of healing ideas. Informed by 27 years of movement facilitation, somatics, science fiction scholarship and doula work, adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination and Loving Correction as ideas and practices for transformation. adrienne is the NYT-bestselling author/editor of several published texts, a ritual singer-songwriter, co-generator of the Lineages of Change Tarot Deck, and co-creator/host of How to Survive the End of the World podcast with Autumn Brown. adrienne's latest book Loving Corrections is now available from AK Press.
Urban Consulate brings people together to share ideas for more just and equitable communities. We believe that the exchange of knowledge is necessary to transform ourselves, our communities and the world. http://urbanconsulate.com
Free & open to the public. All ages welcome.
Tickets available online only. Limited seating available. No livestream.
Book sales & signing by Source Booksellers
Made possible thanks to support from The Kresge Foundation