Join Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose for a hands-on workshop focused on the power of art and poetry to build climate resilience and hope. In this workshop, we will learn how to connect with the Earth and recenter ourselves towards unity with other creatures, soil, plants, and farmer women in Bangladesh, as part of the global climate justice art project Storytelling with Saris, ongoing for more than a decade.  We will reflect on our own climate stories and actions, create short and long form poems, pledges, and writings, have a collective poetry slam, and transform our poems into visual poems incorporating imagery and color.  The final works will be finished and shared on Day Two as a virtual exhibition and performance.  The works will also be shared with the participants, the Smithsonian, and as part of the Storytelling with Saris project.  No prior experience in poetry or art is needed.  Please come ready to share your positive energy for the Earth and our sisters across the planet.