Wednesday, November 15, 2017
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)
Old Main Brown Auditorium
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Department
President's Office
Link
http://calendar.cortland.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=1385163
SUNY Sustainability Conference Presentation: “A Queer Response To Climate
Change: What Would Walt Whitman Do? By Activist Peterson
Toscano, as part of the Incllusion series.
The Cultural
and Intellectual Climate Committee (CICC) invites you to a presentation by
Peterson Toscano. The presentation continues CICC's fall
programming around the theme of "Incllusion."
Activist Peterson Toscano will take on the biggest issue of them
all–global warming–and will do so with humor, heart, and with a view to saving
the humans. Drawing on his hilarious characters, Peterson will make connections
between LGBTQ issues, environmental justice, and climate change. Filled with
hope, Peterson will give you a positive vision of the future as he inspires you
to take your role in it
Peterson expertly weaves in the story of Walt Whitman, who in his
30s was adrift in life and art until he had a soul shaking experience that
jarred him into becoming the most inventive poet of the 19th Century. But he
didn’t stop growing and coming out. Another jarring experience transformed him
into a loving nurse tending the wounded young Civil War soldiers. Peterson writes
about Whitman’s ability to time travel, something Peterson does in this
presentation–right before your eyes.
Discover your role on our new earth and learn how LGBTQ folks and
communities already have experiences and resources that we can draw on in the
midst of our current and growing climate crisis. It’s time for the ultimate
makeover!
Peterson Toscano’s presentation is a part of the State of New York
Sustainability Conference that is being hosted at SUNY Cortland November 15-16.
The event is funded in part by the Sustainability Office and the Haines
President's Discretionary Fund. For more information about the conference
please contact the conference co-chairs Matt Brubaker or Beth Klein (sustainability@cortland.edu).
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information on other CICC events this semester please
visit http://www2.cortland.edu/committees/cultural-and-intellectual-climate-committee/ or contact CICC co-chairs Brian
Barrett or Jena Curtis.