Our Heritage, Our Planet - Film Screening at Mystic Aquarium

Description

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Us!

Mystic Aquarium is excited to partner with the Hispanic Access Foundation on their annual Our Heritage, Our Planet (OHOP) Film Week. Join us on October 11 for this free, in-person event that celebrates the voices, experiences, and storytelling traditions of LatinX, Hispanic, and other communities of color and our ocean and waterways. Following the films, panelists from the local community will discuss the film’s themes and their personal connections with the ocean.

Film Screening: 6-7pm

Panelist Discussion and Reception: 7-8pm 

Light refreshments will be served.

Panelists Include:

Dr. Maria Rosa - George and Carol Milne Assistant Professor of Biology, Connecticut College

Nakai Clearwater Northup - Head of Education, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

Representative Aundré Bumgardner - Connecticut Representative and Member, General Assembly Environment Committee

Reverend Jesús E. García – Lead Pastor, Church of the City, New London; Fellow, Hispanic Leadership Network; and Member, Por La Creación Advisory Council for Hispanic Access Foundation

Mairim Martinez (Moderator) – Assistant Curator of Marine Mammals and Birds, Mystic Aquarium