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About Urban Pastorals

Imagining a just future together is the first step to building it together.

“Urban Pastorals” asks: How can practices of care help us imagine and build justice, inclusion, and belonging in Somerville, among the diverse humans and heritages of our city, and between human and nonhuman life forms? What future relations to our built and natural environments can we imagine and then begin building together? How can we use the arts and creativity to facilitate this process of imagining together? 

Our Mission

Fostering Inclusiveness

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Facilitating conversation

Facilitating conversation between and among community members and across our differing interests, backgrounds, heritages


Coalition building

Racial, Indigenous, Immigrant, Queer, Gender, Labor, Disability justice intersecting with climate and environmental justice 

Somerville’s Community Climate Action PlanSomerville Pollinator Action Plan

Creators

Tom King (he series)

Lee Meichner (they series)

Lee Meichner (they series)

 A Somerville (Davis Square) resident of 23 years, I volunteer with the Somerville Community Growing Center, Somerville Stands Together, the Climate Coalition of Somerville and the Cambridge/Somerville node and Solidarity Working Group of 350Mass. I taught Queer and Gender Studies, Theater and Performance Studies, and Climate Justice at B

 A Somerville (Davis Square) resident of 23 years, I volunteer with the Somerville Community Growing Center, Somerville Stands Together, the Climate Coalition of Somerville and the Cambridge/Somerville node and Solidarity Working Group of 350Mass. I taught Queer and Gender Studies, Theater and Performance Studies, and Climate Justice at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) for 31 years. Prior to joining the academy, I worked as a theater artist, with training as a director and making my living as an Actors Equity stage manager. In recent years I’ve been part of the creative team of the Artists' Theater of Boston. Now, I’m curating Urban Pastorals as a vehicle for imagining justice between and within generations and among species. 

Lee Meichner (they series)

Lee Meichner (they series)

Lee Meichner (they series)

 Lee is a full time Graphic and Web Designer and part time Compost Coordinator at the Somerville Community Growing Center. They enjoy gardening, interior design, and reading, and are passionate about sustainability and mutual aid. In their free time, they can be found playing games with friends, reading on their porch, or rearranging their furniture for the millionth time. 

Aparna Paul

Lee Meichner (they series)

Aparna Paul

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