In partnership with NYU’s Climate Justice & Health Lab (School of Global Public Health), CFF co-hosted a screening of Where It Floods: Planting Hope in Coney Island (2023, dir. Lukas Huffman), a short documentary about community resiliency in Coney Island and the National Wildlife Federation's Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program. A post-screening Q&A included insights from the film’s partners and protagonists, including: Emily Fano (co-producer, Where It Floods, National Wildlife Federation/RiSC Sr program manager), Lukas Huffman (director, Where It Floods), Alexandra Kanonik (American Littoral Society), Abby Jordan (Columbia University MA student), Pamela Pettyjohn (Coney Island Beautification Project), and Heather Sioux (RiSC program management consultant for National Wildlife Federation).

About the film: Where It Floods is a new documentary film that follows the journey of students from seven NYC middle and high schools as they learn about climate science, climate impacts, and the natural and built solutions that increase climate resiliency in Coney Island.

The RiSC is a collaboration between the National Wildlife Federation, the Coney Island Beautification Project, the American Littoral Society, New York Sea Grant, advisors at the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, Coney Island residents, and seven NYC Department of Education middle and high schools. The mission of the program is to teach New York City middle and high school students and teachers about climate resilience, climate science, climate justice and community-led solutions.

Photos courtesy of Cole Frost