2025 Street Works Earth

Activities

Use the buttons to filter. You can stop by “all-day” installations 11am-5pm. Timed workshops/discussions have a beginning, middle, and end, so come early to get your bearings.

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Cinema Club

Timed from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; see the schedule

Join us at a daytime outdoor micro-theater nestled under a tent enclosed with curtains to create a shaded viewing experience.

Throughout the day, we’ll feature a lineup of short films, documentaries, and art exploring climate justice, community power, and global and local stories, including work by Queens-based and NYC filmmakers.

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Power Sharing Station

All day, Every Electric

Stop by Every Electric’s charging Station to charge your phone using a portable battery, and learn about a new approach to taking stress off the electrical grid & keep the lights on when the power goes out.

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JusticeFuturism

All day, Make Justice Normal (MJN)

What if?!…YOU could design the future? 

Stop by Make Justice Normal to co-create a JusticeFuturism college. We’ll have questions to get you started, then your imagination and heart are the only limits! 

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Tiny Worlds in Balance

All day, while supplies last

A terrarium is a sealed glass garden, a living, self-contained, and self-sustaining ecosystem. Terrariums combine art and science. You’ll get to take the one you design home!

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Solar-Powered Printing

All day, Neighborhood Housing Services/Queens Energy Hub

Collaborate with the sun to make a cyanotype print by arranging natural materials and other objects on light-sensitive paper. Then let sunlight bring your image to life.

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Clothing Swap

All day, Worn Not Torn, Street Works/QMA

Join a free clothing exchange. Drop off your clean, ready-to-wear clothing and browse and take items that work for you.

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Map Our Local Resources

All day, facilitated by Frontline Resource Institute

Create a map of Jackson Heights and surrounding areas showing what we know about our neighborhood, including sources of resilience, harm, and opportunities to imagine something better.

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Ribbon Upcycling Workshop

2 hours, Climate Cafe NYC x Climate Psychology Alliance of North America x Climate Imaginarium

A ribbon upcycling workshop alongside a conversation to process climate emotions and our feelings about consumerism as we make accessories, chokers, and more.

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Hello, Future?

All day, Girl+Environment

What would you say if the future picked up the phone? Step into a makeshift phone booth and leave a message about the world you want to live in. Your voice will become part of a collective story about the future we're fighting for, and the world we still have the power to create.

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The Case for Reparations in New York

All day, New York Civil Liberties Union

What would it take to repair the harm of generations of injustice, and build a New York where everyone can truly thrive? Visit an installation exploring why reparations are essential for New York and how we can work together to build a more just future.

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Lehenga Library

All day, Kareena’s Closet

Stop by to explore a curated collection of stunning South Asian formalwear and learn how this community model is reducing textile waste.

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Can we own our food future?

All day, Western Queens Food Coop

Meet neighbors working to build a community-owned grocery co-op for Western Queens, starting with a buying club and mobile delivery that will bring affordable, fresh food to multiple neighborhoods.

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