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Hunter College’s Leubsdorf Gallery will open Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice on August 31, 2026, a new exhibition from the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) that traces the roots of environmental injustice and the strategies communities are building in response. Co-created by students and frontline communities from 23 cities across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the exhibition brings together original research, oral histories, and community-generated media into a single, connected story of resistance, resilience, and mitigation.
Rather than presenting the climate crisis as one uniform threat, Climates of Inequality shows how its effects are shaped by histories of racial and economic inequality — and how the communities most affected are also leading some of the most inventive organizing and adaptation efforts underway today. Visitors will encounter stories ranging from grassroots organizing to community-led environmental monitoring, including an immersive VR feature documenting Mayagüez, Puerto Rico’s fight for environmental justice.
Climates of Inequality is on view in two New York City locations: the Leubsdorf Gallery in Hunter College’s Hunter West Building (132 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065) and the main lobby of the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem (2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035) from August 31, 2026 through February 26, 2027. Admission is free and both venues are open to the public. Guests interested in a guided tour or workshop should contact humanitiesactionlab@gmail.com to schedule one.
Join us for a day of dialogue, community, and healing
October 7, 2026 8:30-4:30
Hunter College, West Lobby
East 68th St. + Lexington Avenue, New York City
Breakfast and lunch provided
Meet community visionaries from Miami to Minneapolis to Mayagüez, and join forces to address the histories and legacies of:
- climate and environmental justice
- mass incarceration
- displacement from urban renewal
Bring your class and your colleagues for a day of activities including:
exploring the collective multi-media installations States of Incarceration, Climates of Inequality, and The Renewal Project, and
meet the community creators:
- envisioning new participatory public memory projects around climate/environmental justice, criminal legal system, and urban renewal
- engaging in collective healing practices
Local Stories
Related Events
Hunter College’s Leubsdorf Gallery will open Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice on August 31, 2026, a new exhibition from the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) that traces the roots of environmental injustice and the strategies communities are building in response. Co-created by students and frontline communities from 23 cities across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the exhibition brings together original research, oral histories, and community-generated media into a single, connected story of resistance, resilience, and mitigation.
Rather than presenting the climate crisis as one uniform threat, Climates of Inequality shows how its effects are shaped by histories of racial and economic inequality — and how the communities most affected are also leading some of the most inventive organizing and adaptation efforts underway today. Visitors will encounter stories ranging from grassroots organizing to community-led environmental monitoring, including an immersive VR feature documenting Mayagüez, Puerto Rico’s fight for environmental justice.
Climates of Inequality is on view in two New York City locations: the Leubsdorf Gallery in Hunter College’s Hunter West Building (132 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065) and the main lobby of the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem (2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035) from August 31, 2026 through February 26, 2027. Admission is free and both venues are open to the public. Guests interested in a guided tour or workshop should contact humanitiesactionlab@gmail.com to schedule one.
Join us for a day of dialogue, community, and healing
October 7, 2026 8:30-4:30
Hunter College, West Lobby
East 68th St. + Lexington Avenue, New York City
Breakfast and lunch provided
Meet community visionaries from Miami to Minneapolis to Mayagüez, and join forces to address the histories and legacies of:
- climate and environmental justice
- mass incarceration
- displacement from urban renewal
Bring your class and your colleagues for a day of activities including:
exploring the collective multi-media installations States of Incarceration, Climates of Inequality, and The Renewal Project, and
meet the community creators:
- envisioning new participatory public memory projects around climate/environmental justice, criminal legal system, and urban renewal
- engaging in collective healing practices
Local Stories
Related Events
Hunter College’s Leubsdorf Gallery will open Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice on August 31, 2026, a new exhibition from the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) that traces the roots of environmental injustice and the strategies communities are building in response. Co-created by students and frontline communities from 23 cities across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the exhibition brings together original research, oral histories, and community-generated media into a single, connected story of resistance, resilience, and mitigation.
Rather than presenting the climate crisis as one uniform threat, Climates of Inequality shows how its effects are shaped by histories of racial and economic inequality — and how the communities most affected are also leading some of the most inventive organizing and adaptation efforts underway today. Visitors will encounter stories ranging from grassroots organizing to community-led environmental monitoring, including an immersive VR feature documenting Mayagüez, Puerto Rico’s fight for environmental justice.
Climates of Inequality is on view in two New York City locations: the Leubsdorf Gallery in Hunter College’s Hunter West Building (132 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065) and the main lobby of the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem (2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035) from August 31, 2026 through February 26, 2027. Admission is free and both venues are open to the public. Guests interested in a guided tour or workshop should contact humanitiesactionlab@gmail.com to schedule one.
Join us for a day of dialogue, community, and healing
October 7, 2026 8:30-4:30
Hunter College, West Lobby
East 68th St. + Lexington Avenue, New York City
Breakfast and lunch provided
Meet community visionaries from Miami to Minneapolis to Mayagüez, and join forces to address the histories and legacies of:
- climate and environmental justice
- mass incarceration
- displacement from urban renewal
Bring your class and your colleagues for a day of activities including:
exploring the collective multi-media installations States of Incarceration, Climates of Inequality, and The Renewal Project, and
meet the community creators:
- envisioning new participatory public memory projects around climate/environmental justice, criminal legal system, and urban renewal
- engaging in collective healing practices