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The Creative Side of Sustainability
Are you ready to embrace the creative side of sustainability and learn how you can differentiate yourself, your business, or organization? If yes, you'll want to join us on Thursday evening, October 26, as RNN in collaboration with One Earth Air Plant Center presents, "Together, We Can, Rhode Island." This special FREE event brings together an All-Star Team of Sustainable Change Makers who have put their passion to work while making a difference.
PRESENTERS
Allison Newsome - Environmental Sculpture
Allison Newsome is an award winning sculptor inspired by the redwood forests in her native California, Allison sculpts on site, in response to the land. Her work addresses issues of environment and human interaction. It provides an avenue into figuration with embedded abstraction, at the same time inspired by ancient forms.
Allison will be showcasing her rain harvesting sculpture, RainKeep.
Susan E Fox - Artist, Author, Educator, Creative Coach
Susan Fox is the co-founder of the Expressive and Creative Arts Program at Salve Regina University. As a Holistic practitioner her speciality is in art based transformational learning and embodied whole brain approaches to creativity.
Her recent work in reverential ecology and self-expressive practices guides individuals to reconnect with our natural environment and to reflect on one's relationship to the "web of life" while embracing creativity as a force for shifting perspectives and opening hearts.
Susan will be sharing her work and passion for sustainability consciousness through self-expression and the arts.
Mary Healey Jamiel - Documentary Filmmaker
Mary Healey Jamiel is an award winning documentary filmmaker and is an Associate Professor of Film/Media & Communication Studies at the Harrington School of Communication & Media at the University of Rhode Island where she combines her passion for teaching and love of her students with her filmmaking.
Mary will be discussing her latest film project, SEARCHDOG that chronicles transformative connections between humans and dogs where the consequences of "trusting a dog" can mean life or death for a missing victim, others where the goal is to provide answers and closure for decades-old tragedies. This film shows how "unadoptable" shelter dogs are transformed into Search & Rescue/Recovery Dogs, and ultimately their lives are saved and become a force for good.
Paula Kleniewski - Founder of Full-Swing Golf
Paula Kleniewski, is the Founder and Executive Director Full Swing Golf RI. By day Paula works three jobs, she is a professional physical therapist, an accountant, and golf instructor. As a physical therapist who works with children and with her background in golf, Paula saw the potential of combining the two the result was Full Swing Golf.
Paula will share how this non-profit has given children confidence and has provided them a recreational outlet that didn't exist before. She will also explain how the organization was able to raise the monies needed to purchase a Paramobile that has helped change the life of so many children.
Molly Andrus - Director of Honey for Haiti
Molly Andrus is the Director for Honey For Haiti. Molly shares how a trip to La Maison L'Arc-en-Ciel d'Haiti an orphanage located in Kenscoff, Haiti, where the children that live in the orphanage are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS inspired Honey For Haiti to be created. The organization is helping to raise monies to build a self-sustaining home for these children through the use of renewable clean energy.
Molly will explain how this project is not only helping these children of Haiti, but how it's become a life and business lesson for students in Rhode Island.
Valerie Tutson - Special Guest Host
Valerie Tutson is an award winning artists, broadcaster, and storyteller with a Masters Degree in Theatre Arts from Brown University. She has been telling stories in schools, churches, libraries, festivals and conferences since 1991. She draws her stories from around the world with an emphasis on African traditions. Her repertoire includes stories and songs she learned in her travels to South Africa, her experiences in West Africa, stories from African American history.
We are honored to have Valerie as the host and MC for the evening.
- COMPLIMENTARY FOOD & BEVERAGES -
(RESERVE YOUR SEAT EARLY)
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