Creativity, Artivism, and Culture Shift Towards Kinship with the Web of Life

​How do we move hearts, minds, and systems toward a culture of kinship with the web of life? This Kinship-hosted panel brings together artists, cultural organizers, and faith-rooted activists who are using creativity as a catalyst for transformation.

​In a moment when climate discourse is often dominated by policy and technology, this conversation re-centers the role of imagination, ritual, story, and artivism in shifting our collective narrative. Panelists will share how their practices cultivate belonging, animate climate justice, and awaken deeper kinship across human and more-than-human communities.

​Themes we will explore include:

• ​Art as a tool for bridging inner transformation with outer action

• ​Storytelling as a practice of ecological and cultural repair

• ​Ritual and creativity as forms of climate resilience

• ​Interfaith and intercultural collaborations fostering a planetary culture of care
  
  Speakers:

• ​Massimo Lobuglio, Muralist

• ​Swetha Storra Bhashyam, Kinship

• ​Aja Two Crows, New York Climate Exchange

• ​Peter Schmidt, The Strother School of Radical Attention