Deal us in
And this is where the journal comes in. As mentioned earlier, The Art of the Green New Deal aims to be a showcase for the creative human engagement that will be needed to power a shift in collective cultural consciousness commensurate with the scale of the proposed structural and societal transformations.
As the journal evolves, it may become a go-to library of quality creative assets that could serve as project proposals for any future Green New Deal arts program, and even the basis for a print journal, films, tutorials, workshops, or other yet unimagined educational resources in service of the cause.
Ambitious? Yes. But this moment in history asks all of us to stretch our perceived limits beyond what we think possible.
For “if civilization is to survive,” as Franklin Delano Roosevelt so wisely proclaimed during his last address to the American people, “we must cultivate the science of human relationships — the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”