MYCO:Metamorphosis
We can't wait for you to join us for our second MYCO since 2024!
MYCO: Metamorphosis is our 2026 celebration of movement-building, career-building, and a moment for pause, play, inspiration, and restoration. But we know we've got to go deeper into what needs to be shed in our purposeful pursuit of life, career, and communities that thrive.
Join us for workshops and panels from local and global climate justice and sustainability leaders. Hear from leaders from Genspace, Coach, Bronx Tech Hub, The Guggenheim, American Indian Community House, BLIS Collective, and more. We introduce and build on environmental justice as more than a movement, but a critical path for protecting people and the planet by pursuing the need for reparations, a just transition, and an equitable economy and workforce. And of course, join in some fun, creativity, and rest!
Please make sure to add a ticket for all programming you will be joining at check-out. FREE Panels + Reception. Sliding scale workshop tickets $5-20. Oh we have a pretty sweet raffle to support Global Shapers Brooklyn's portfolio of Climate justice and equity projects.
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11:30a - 3:00p METAMORPHOSIS (Workshops)
11:30a-1p: There's No Such Thing As Seeing Alone: A Worldbuilding facilitated by Artist Zella Vanie
This workshop invites you to use the body as a portal of worldbuilding. Through soundscapes, qigong practices, somatic expression, and creative prompts, we will explore connections between the past, present, and emergent. For this workshop, no previous experience is necessary, though comfortable clothing is ideal. “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” — Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
1:30 - 3p: Funding the Future facilitated by Androniki Lagos and David DeVaughn
A just transition requires us to rethink how we resource our initiatives and movement work. Join us for an interactive session to surface new relationships and approaches to funding a new future. Whether you have secured all the resources you need, or are just beginning to think about financial support, this is an opportunity to build a solidarity network around funding the transformation we seek.
3:00-3:30: MYCO: Open doors + Introductions, Oluwakemi Oritsejafor, Global Shapers Brooklyn Curator + Avalon Akashi, Global Shapers Hub Member
3:30p-4:15 Mules and Monsteras: Radically Salvaging in the Climate Space, A Black Girl Environmentalist Climate Storytelling Panel
This panel opens up dialogue on creative storytelling and preserving climate and cultural histories.
Joe Brewster, Founder, Rada Studio
Whitney McGuire, Founder of Polibot and The McGuire Group, Former Head of Sustainability, The Guggenheim
Elsa Ponce, Founder of Studio Elsa Ponce, Former Co-Managing Director, Open Architecture Collaborative New York
Dr. Jazmine "Jazz" Nicholson, Executive Director of Earthgang Foundation + Atlanta Climate Advisory Boardmember, Mayor's Office of Atlanta
Moderated by: Emma Abercrombie-Peters, Sustainability Analyst at Tapestry, Coach (Coachtopia), Black Girl Environmentalist NYC Co-Lead
4:15-4:30p: Esther, The Bipedal Entity: The Anthropecene and Etymology of the word Freedom, A Climate Drag Performance.
4:30-5:15p: Climate Compass: Traversing and Summiting the Climate + Sustainability Job Economy Landscape
We explore aspects of career prospects and intentional planning in the Climate and Environment industry with local leaders building the future of the green economy locally and beyond.
Panelists
George Nunez, Founder, Bronx Tech Hub
Charmaine Bourbon, Chief Program Officer, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
Kristy Drutman, Founder, Browngirl Green + Co-CEO, Green Jobs Board
Moderated by: Anya Edyman, VP of Growth and Innovation, Arya.Energy
5:30-6:15p: Collective Dreaming-Dreams of Sweetgrass: Weaving our Collective Future as Afro-Indigenous Climate Stewards
We will end the day with an active panel-workshop on how practice, collaboration, and cultural interconnectedness inform a greater environmental vision across public, private, and grassroots cooperation.
Kiana Pete, Tribal Conservation, Biodiversity Funders Group + Board Secretary, American Indian Community House
Trevor Smith, Co-Founder + Executive Director, BLIS Collective (Black Liberation-Indigenous Sovereignty) + Board of Directors, Forward Cities
MERRIMENT 6:30-8:30
This special social + community space brings you into a different kind of reception. Enjoy music from Global Shapers Hub Member, DJ GraGra. Jump into a bioplastic workshop with the GenSpace team. Enjoy free food from Precycle and drinks from Just Ice Tea & Curious Elixirs as well!
RAFFLE RAFFLE RAFFLE
Don’t go too fast and hold on to your tickets, we will follow up after the event on our MYCO Raffle winners! You can also grab a Raffle ticket anytime during the event.
Genspace Bioplastic Class
Invasive Species Upcycling Toolkit from Lorena James
Devocion Coffee + Roastery Tour
Precycle Gift Card
Tickets to Dee Diggs at Public Records
Tickets to Honey Dijon (Co-producer of ‘Cozy’ + ‘Alien Supernova’ by Beyoncé) + Kilopatrah Jones @ Knockdown Center, April 24th
SOLA Market Indigo Dye Kit + Customized Indigo Dye Totes
Fenty Beauty Start’r Skincare Kit, Brooklyn Global Shapers Mental Health Brand Sponsor
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Workshops are donation-based, with the majority of proceeds going to facilitators. All panels and our closing reception are free to the public, hosted in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, Library for the Arts and Culture. Check out our programming below and build your MYCO schedule. Capacity is limited!
Plus, grab a $5 raffle ticket! We have prizes to be awarded following the day's event. All proceeds go towards supporting Brooklyn Global Shapers Brooklyn's Climate and Environmental Justice initiatives across food security, clean air & decarbonization, and community gardens.
Interested in partnering with Global Shapers Brooklyn on MYCO:Metamorphosis? Email Kemi Oritsejafor, Global Shapers Brooklyn Curator at [email protected]