Dune Dreams & Peninsula Power in Far Rockaway

Join us for a Plover Bird walk, Climate Cafe, Rights of Nature framing, participatory muraling & scavenger hunt from the Beach to the Bay
About this Event

Join us to wind-down Climate Week NYC with a celebration of community & care in Far Rockaway, where the stretch of land between the ocean and the bay is only a handful of blocks, and water is a daily reminder of both the beauty and vulnerability of the peninsula.

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10am Join us for a morning bird walk with RISE and the NYC Plover Project, a guided birding tour along the Rockaway shoreline! Explore the beach with expert guides and discover a wide variety of coastal birds, while learning about their habitats and conservation. Binoculars will be provided first come, first served, though you may bring your own.To join the bird walk, please also register .

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Join us for this special edition Climate Cafe along the restoring dunes and frontline for Hurricane Sandy... to process our climate emotions, grief, and future hopes. Hosted by Gianna Lum of the Climate Imaginarium, The Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, as well as writer, grief doula and Edgemere Alliance and The Garden by the Bay board member Elizabeth Opurum . To join the climate cafe, please also register .

11:30am we'll begin the place-based scavenger hunt and walking tour featuring audio recordings from stewards and community members about the land, the peninsula, dune restoration efforts, and community vulnerabilities with Holes in the Wall Collective in partnership with RISE Rockaway, Edgemere Alliance, and the incomparable Jackie Rogers and Laquetta Little of The Garden by the Bay. With a visit to Camila A. Morales + RISE youth piece 'Reclaimed Ecologies / Ecologías Reimaginadas.' For more on the piece read the agenda below.

12pm together we will all venture across the peninsula from Beach to Bay, across Edgemere, visiting the Hunger Project, past Edgemere Farms and a special visit to the Garden by the Bay, this little slice of heaven, with community beds and individual plots, a children’s garden and all sorts of beautiful program offerings for health and thriving. We'll be joined on our walk by Quinn Robinson, who was 8 years old when Sandy hit and Juvie Anne Alfeche, public programs coordinator at RISE.

12:30p we will all end at the Beach 43rd St. Waterfront Park for a celebration at the end of Jamaica Bay, with hands-on artistic invitations from Camila A. Morales and Carine Gibert.

The park is the only active water access point in Edgemere where community members can fish, kayak and enjoy their bayfront waterfront views. Edgemere Alliance is currently spearheading a petition to bring equity, development and capital funding to the Park making it a true waterfront park that's reflective of parks within NYC Parks Network and the Rockaways. to support the park here!

Rain 🌧️ or Shine ☀️ Please dress accordingly

Packing List! Binoculars and waterbottle. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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This is part of Imagined Futures: This Must be the Place scavenger hunt, connecting you deeper to 7 waterways across the city.

More info at holesinthewallcollective/imaginedfutures

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Made possible with support from NYC Cultural Affairs and NYC Tourism Foundation.

Agenda

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival!
Host: Holes in the Wall Collective

Info: Get checked in, find your baring, get grounded. The Beach 44 St A train is just a few minute walk to the Arverne East Nature Preserve Welcome Center. We will be on the East side, in front of the RISE Nursery.

🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Climate Cafe !
Host: Gianna Lum

Info: Join a Climate Cafe hosted by the Climate Imaginarium and Climate Psychology Alliance of North America and community member and Greif Doula and community member Elizabeth Opurum to process our climate emotions, grief, and future hopes.

🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fall Migration Bird Walk !
Host: RISE Rockaway

Info: Join RISE for a free birding tour led by NYC Plover Project's knowledgeable and experienced staff. As birds make their way south for the fall migration, it is the perfect time to catch a glimpse of a wide variety of species along the shoreline. Binoculars will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. Whether you are an expert birder or just starting out, all are welcome! You need to register separately for this. Lined above.

🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Scavenger hunt & aritistic Invitation With Camila A. Morales
Host: Camila A. Morales

Info: Join us on our Scavenger hunt and walking tour route on the 'Beach' side with an invitation from artist Camila A. Morales to explore their 3D mural installation 'Reclaimed Ecologies / Ecologías Reimaginadas.' A collaborative public art project created with RISE Shore Corps students that explores reuse as an act of care for the coastal ecosystems of the Rockaways. Using collected plastic bottle caps, students transform a material often treated as waste into colorful mosaics inspired by the plants, animals, waters, and interconnected life of Jamaica Bay.

🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Walk with community member Quinn Robinson from Beach to Bay
Host: Quinn Robinson
🕑: 12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
Visit to The Garden by the Bay
Host: The Garden by the Bay

Info: With a mission to transform a food desert community garden into an urban oasis, this Edgemere site both grows food and actively engages neighborhood partners on events and activities to better serve the community.

🕑: 12:30 PM - 02:00 AM
Celebration of community from the Beach to the BAY !
Host: Holes in the Wall Collective

Info: Join us to celebrate community and care from the Beach to the BAY. Alongside Jamaica bay, join us at Beach 43rd St Waterfront Park and the Friends of group in their vision for developing the park for the community.

🕑: 01:00 AM - 02:00 AM
Artistic Invitation from artist Carine Gibert
Host: Carine Gibert

Info: Join Educator, Artist and Activist Carine Gibert, founder of Grounded in Motion, for an invitation into the Rights of Nature Movement, the Great Lakes Bill of rights and add your threads and testimonials for the upcoming court case– working to give personhood rights to the great lakes.