Rise Up Weekend Schedule Saturday, April 26, 2025 • 11:30 am – 3:30 pm Featured Exhibits Image Blue Wing, Level 2 Innovation: Earth A new exhibit exploring how we’ll live, eat, move, and work sustainably through cutting-edge green tech and community-driven climate solutions. Image Blue Wing, Level 1 Arctic Adventure: Exploring with Technology Experience the Arctic through a dynamic, immersive landscape exploring how technology helps us understand—and protect—this vital region. Image Lobby, Lower Level Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River Investigate real-world climate challenges, engineering solutions, and how human choices shape the Charles River ecosystem we call home. Saturday, April 26 Speakers Gordon Current Science & Technology Center Stage, Blue Wing Level 1 11:30 am • Angela JonesNortheastern University Marine Science Center12:30 pm • Crystal JohnsonMA Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice (keynote)1:30 pm • Julie WormserChief Climate Officer, City of Cambridge2:30 pm • Katherine Dafforn, PhDCo-Director, Stone Living Lab & Professor of Coastal Reliance, UMass-Boson3:30 pm • Skye Moret, PhDNortheastern University College of Art and Design Organizations Blue Wing, Lower Level and Level 1 Boston Society for Landscape ArchitectsBoston University School of Public HealthBrandeis University Environmental Studies ProgramCambridge Energy AllianceCenter for Student Coastal ResearchIpswich River Watershed AssociationManomet Conservation SciencesMassachusetts Clean Energy CenterMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Brushett Research GroupMassachusetts Oyster Project, IncMothers Out FrontMuseum of Science Environmental Footprint Task ForceMuseum of Science YES/EiENew England Section of the American Chemical SocietyNortheastern University Marine Science CenterNortheastern University, CORE Lab, Helmuth Lab, Patterson LabProteus Ocean GroupSierra Club MassachusettsStone Living LabThe Nature ConservancyWhale & Dolphin ConservationWomen's Energy Network Boston Feeling inspired and empowered? Visit our Take Action page to discover new ways you can take climate action today and see how we really do hold the power of change in our own hands! Take Action