GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

Rooted in the power of the human voice and sound as a healing medium, this project offers participants a transformational listening journey.

HOMECOMING is an Afro-centric Sound Journey that brings forgotten ancestral narratives to life through a layered blend of historically recorded African-American music, improvised live sound.

Rooted in the power of the human voice and sound as a healing medium, this project offers participants a transformational listening journey that reconnects them with stories that have been lost for a long time.

Through the use of archival field recordings—church hymns, work songs, and a cappella pieces from the fields and prisons—paired with improvised soundscapes and guided meditation. HOMECOMING becomes a portal to the past, a space of deep reflection, and a call to collective healing.

This offering is not a retelling of all Black experiences in America but rather a dreamlike meditation on voices that echo through time—voices that deserve to be heard, honored, and remembered.

Attendees are encourged to lie down for this experience. Please bring a mat or anything else to allow you comfort. There will be some chairs available for those who need more support.

This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Space is limited. We ask that you register in advance.

In 2026, America celebrates its 250th Anniversary! In recognition, Kingston Library will be holding a series of programs where each month they will examine a different aspect of America’s history, legacy, and future potential. This month, they will explore immigration.   

As a nation with a history of immigration, currently grappling with questions of who and how many to accept, Kingston Library will be using The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, to frame the conversation about the current issues and shed light on first-hand experience.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, one of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard, combines sensitive reporting and powerful personal narratives to bring to light remarkable stories of resilience, madness, and death. She finds the singular, effervescent characters across the nation often reduced in the media to political pawns or nameless laborers. The stories she tells are not deferential or naively inspirational but show the love, magic, heartbreak, insanity, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of her subjects. And through it all we see the author grappling with the biggest questions of love, duty, family, and survival. Shortlisted for a National Book Award.

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group meets May – Oct 1st. Thursdays from 4:30-6pm, and during the winter months Nov – Apr 1st. Sundays 2-3:30pm at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future. Check here for any schedule changes.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]