SPECIAL EVENT: A Whole Different Ecosystem- Environmental Justice & Art Conference

​The AfroFuturists of Knox Collective presents: 'A Whole Different Ecosystem’- a one-day art and environmental justice conference woven within a participatory performance art piece, where everyone—from panelists to attendees—has a role to play. This event will take place at Ijams from 9am-3pm on August 8. There will be special performances to follow that evening at Spacecraft at 7pm.

For more information and to get your tickets: https://lu.ma/awde?e=calev-kjXR3YAcQgqmIr7

​AfroFuturists of Knox Collective is pioneering a new method of organizing environmental conferences by drawing inspiration from the five elements of hip hop—Knowledge, DJing, rapping, breaking, and graffiti—and their connection to the elements of nature. This conference is an ode to hip hop’s rich cultural legacy, using art as a tool to reinvigorate new frames of thought around environmental justice and the pressing issues that dramatically impact the colorful communities of Appalachia and beyond. The goal of this creative conference is to reignite these…