Intro by Aleta Brown

 

Come Daylight 
Directed by Alethea Pace
Filmed by Marquis Bradshaw 
Edited by Alethea Pace and Marquis Bradshaw
Music performed, composed and arranged by Lucia della Paolera & Gobby, COTC NYC
Lyrics by Alethea Pace ​
Costume design by Mauricio Barrera​ and Kaori Onodera
Mask Construction by Katherine Miranda 

 

Is Not Yet
Written and directed by Alethea Pace 
Performed by Dominica Greene, Brandon Jones Mooney, and Alethea Pace
Choreographed by Alethea Pace in collaboration with the performers 
Music by GENG PTP
Costume design by Mauricio Barrera​ and Kaori Onodera

 

Panel Discussion 
Panelists: Libertad Guerra, Eric Sanderson, and Kevin Schneider
Moderated by Andrea Ambam

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Creative Production by Benedict Nguyễn
​​Technical Production by Eduardo Reséndiz Gómez

Box Office: Alejandra Delfin, Chanelle Aponte Pearson 
Usher: Lucia Warck-Meister

Lobby installation facilitators: Jabia Haque and Anthonella Malla

Photography by Levi Felder and Whitney Browne

Videography
Peter Richards with Jason Llaguno

Listening With: Harlem River is a process-centered, intergenerational workshop series that explores the Harlem River through embodied practices. Informed by a research process in dialogue with local historians, legal experts, and environmental activists, and grounded in the principles of the Rights of Nature movement, participants engaged in listening, movement, writing, and storytelling to collaboratively author a “Harlem River Bill of Rights.” The curriculum was developed in collaboration with Aleta Brown, and workshops included a weeklong summer intensive at Mill Pond Park, as well as sessions at Bethany Arts, BronxWorks, and Bronx Parks Speak Up and the Bronx Museum. The curriculum will be adapted this fall to a college-level course at Lehman College. 

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Youth Workshop Participants: 
Jovan Cortes, Noelle Dozier, Jabia Haque, Savannah Lee, Anthonella Malla, Yomisell Martinez, Lilah Ramoutar, Jamila Rojas, Sabriha Safa, Marley Sancho, Zaharat Simra, and Jamone Small

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HARLEM RIVER BILL OF RIGHTS

The Harlem River and its watershed have the right to be clean and free from pollution.

The Harlem River has the right to be free—no person or entity can own or buy the river.

The Harlem River has the right to sustain itself, its natural processes, and its biodiversity. 

The Harlem River has the right to be respected, by present and future generations.

The Harlem River has the right to community. It is an integral part of the community for both human and non-human life, and should be honored and cared for as such.

 

 

Thank you to 
Hudson River Foundation
Bronx Council on the Arts
BronxWorks
Bronx Museum 
Harlem River Coalition
Randall’s Island Park Alliance
StoryLand Bronx
South Bronx Unite
and
The Harlem River

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Special thanks to Marquis Bradshaw, Aleta Brown, Alberto Denis, Kayla Hamilton, Joanna Rice, and Richard Rivera for their invaluable support!! 

 

This project is organized and facilitated by Alethea Pace, an interdisciplinary artist and educator, as part of her role as the Harlem River Artist-in-Residence. It is funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, administered by the Hudson River Foundation, and supported by the Bronx & Harlem Rivers Urban Waters Federal Partnership, NYNJ Harbor & Estuary Program, Bronx Council on the Arts, and with additional support from Pregones/PRTT, and its ASAP/Artist Space At Pregones initiative.

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BIOS
Alethea Pace is a Bronx-based interdisciplinary performing artist committed to creating work in and with her community that is rooted in social justice. She is a 2025 Environmental Protection Agency Harlem River Artist-in-Residence, and was previously a 2024 MAP Fund Recipient, 2023-2025 Civic Practice Partnership Artist-in-Residence at the Met Museum, and a 2021 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Awardee. Her work has been presented by The Met Museum, BAAD!, Works and Process/Guggenheim, Pregones Theater, Dancing While Black, Danspace Project, New York Live Arts and the 92Y, to name a few.  Alethea trained at Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in the Bronx, and has a BA in Urban Design from NYU, an MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Arts from the City College of New York, and is an adjunct professor at Lehman College.

 

Aleta Brown is a movement-based artist, educator, and researcher. They explore lineages of embodied knowledge, healing, and imagination. Drawing guidance from queer & trans ecologies, Indigenous methodologies, and Black feminist theory, Brown considers the formal and informal ways we use our bodies to store and transmit our stories about living. Aleta has performed at venues including the Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, Movement Research, and Dixon Place. They also produce events at institutions such as Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Cathedral St. John the Divine. Beyond the stage, Aleta’s work as an educator and researcher includes presentations at Stanford University, Women United Against Genocide, the NYC Department of Education, and ongoing publications and research as part of their scholarship as Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Brown holds a M.S. in TESOL, an M.A. in Entrepreneurship in the Arts, and a B.A. in International Communication and Media Studies.

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Dominica Greene is a movement-based conceptual artist, dancer, and facilitator based in Brooklyn, New York. She values dance as one of the purest forms of expression, utilizing it as an energetic entity capable of affecting real and palpable change. Her company and freelance experience is extensive, having collaborated with, performed, and toured the work of many notable choreographers domestically and internationally. She creates body and time-based work which aims to reflect movement as one of the most fundamental conduits of existential and ancestral knowledge. As a Queer, mixed-race, Guyanese-American woman, she is committed to dreaming up and worldbuilding alternative realities and more expansive futures with her BIPOC, immigrant, and LGBTQIA+ communities. dominicagreene.com / @draminica

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Brandon Jones Mooney is a multi-hyphenate way maker who carries the spirit of Oakland, CA into every room he’s in.  His notable stage credits include lead roles in “The Brothers Size” (Young Hot Thespian) , “Endgame” (Young Hot Thespian), and the world premieres of “Riverwood” and “Reparations” (Seattle Public Theatre and Sound Theatre Company). He’s a founding member of The 6(th) Dimension Collective and Young Hot Thespian. As a writer his work has been featured in “The Drinking Gourd: Black Writers at Work” (True Colors Theatre Company/The Hansberry Project) and “Black 365” (Young Hot Thespian). Brandon is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts . He also holds a BFA in Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts and an MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Acting.

Andrea Ambam is an award-winning storyteller and truthteller whose roots sprout from Cameroon. Pulsating at the intersection of art and social change as a playwright, performance artist, and creative producer – Andrea’s unruly imagination has been supported by Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York Theatre Workshop, PEN America, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, and more. Currently, she is the Director of Programming at Level Forward. M.A. in Art & Public Policy from NYU Tisch. www.andreaambam.com

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Libertad O. Guerra is an anthropologist, curator, and cultural organizer / producer with vast arts management experience specializing in startup phase and strategic turnaround of community-based cultural organizations with an intersectional approach. Guerra is a co-founder of the South Bronx Unite environmental justice coalition, serves as a member of the Mott Haven / Port Morris Community Land Stewards board, and most recently co-founded the LxNY/ Latinx Arts Consortium of New York network of 30 plus arts organizations, and Shape of Cities to Come Institute certificate and peership program in partnership with the Urban Ecologies department of the New School for Social Research. She holds a certificate from the DeVos Institute Global Arts Management Fellowship (2019-22), an M.A. from Université Laval, Quèbec, a second M.A. from New York University. 

 

Eric W. Sanderson is an ecologist who sees nature through the city. He currently serves as the Vice President for Urban Conservation at the New York Botanical Garden, where he also directs the Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology. Sanderson is the author of the bestselling book Mannahatta:  A Natural History of New York City (Abrams, 2009) and is currently working on the five-borough sequel, Before New York:  The Natural Geography of the City (Abrams, exp. 2026). His work has been profiled in The New Yorker, National Geographic magazine, NPR, BBC, and The New York Times; his TED talk has more than 3 million views. He has published more than 60 papers and technical reports addressing problems in urban, wildlife, and landscape conservation, drawing on experiences from Mongolia to Tanzania to Patagonia to Brooklyn. Sanderson earned his Ph.D. in ecosystem and landscape ecology from the University of California, Davis. Learn more about his work at urbanconservation.nybg.org.

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Kevin Schneider, Esq., is Counsel to the Earth Law Center. Based in New York City, Kevin is admitted to practice in New York and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. For over a decade, Kevin has worked on extending legal rights to animals and ecosystems. He represented an elephant named Happy (Supreme Court, Bronx County) alongside a team of lawyers in a historic habeas corpus case from 2018-22, culminating in a first-of-its-kind argument before the New York State Court of Appeals. Among other publications, Kevin wrote a chapter on common law animal rights for the textbook “Earth Law” (Wolters Kluwer, 2021). Kevin has delivered guest lectures to undergraduate and law students at leading institutions including Harvard, Yale, and New York University.

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Mauricio Barrera is a passionate and innovative designer with over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry. With a background in tailoring and design, he specializes in creating visually stunning and character-driven designs for artists such as Lizzo, Solange, and Gloria Estefan. His work is characterized by a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of storytelling through fabric and form. Having collaborated with choreographer Richard Rivera on various projects for PHYSUAL dance company, Mauricio has earned recognition for his ability to bring characters to life and enhance the narrative through costume. He believes that costumes are not just clothing but a vital part of the storytelling process, reflecting the emotional journeys of characters.

 

Marquis Bradshaw is an independent filmmaker and public interest lawyer. His films explore community through alternative voices and lived experiences, shaping stories that reflect perspectives often left outside the frame. He continues to develop new work alongside his legal practice.

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GENG PTP is a Manhattan-born, Queens NYC-based sound & visual designer, poet, educator, archivist, and physical trainer. With 3+ decades of participatory roots in NYC's DIY communities, he has been making work through a multitude of solo and collaborative projects: KING VISION ULTRA, CENTENNIAL GARDENS (with Dreamcrusher), and RIGHTQUICK (with Yaz Lancaster). GENG has also composed/performed live scores for Jonathan Gonzalez, Nile Harris, Malcolm-x Betts, and Lambkin.

Since 2009, GENG has led the visionary collective, PTP (Protect The Peace).

 

Lucia della Paolera and Gobby, co-founders of COTC NYC, are artists and musicians based in the Bronx. Child of the Church Productions makes site-specific music performances in NYC and beyond. Recent performances include "Organ Grinder" on Jane's Carousel (2025), "The Long Last Day" at Yale Law School Library and Luhring Augustine Gallery (2025), "Spirit & Soul Become Confused" at Saint Peter's Church (2023) and Roulette Intermedium (2024), "Song of Dirt Stammers Our Tongue," at The Kitchen (June 2023), "Esra" on Robert Moses' Panoramic Model of the City of New York at the Queens Museum, and "My Heart Swims in Blood" at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (2019). COTC will perform at Roulette Intermedium June 2, 2025. www.childofthechurchproductions.com

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Katherine Miranda (they/he) is a Latinx, non-binary multidisciplinary artist and educator born, raised and based in the Bronx. Utilizing objects collected from their family, community and the Earth, Miranda creates ancestral images and artifacts that honor their familial, communal and ancestral histories. Their belief that our histories hold the key to reimagining our futures acts as a constant guide in their practice. Taking part in several fellowships over the years from the Van Lier Fellowship with Wave Hill (2021) to the AIM Fellowship with the Bronx Museum (2022) to the Create Change Fellowship with The Laundromat Project (2023) they have constantly endeavored to learn, document and preserve their family’s stories - reimagining them into alternative worlds. They invite others to explore their own personal histories and consider how they wish to shape their own legacies.

 

Benedict Nguyễn is a freelance dancer, writer, and creative producer. She’s the author of the [redacted] freelance labor zine nasty notes (2022) and the novel Hot Girls with Balls (Catapult, 2025).

 

Kaori Onodera was trained at Bunka Fashion College, she began her career in Tokyo, refining her craft at Atelier Hinode, where she developed a deep appreciation for precision, storytelling, and traditional craftsmanship. Her work spans stage, dance, and theatrical productions, including designing costumes for a Tokyo Disneyland parade dancer, contributing to the Super Kabuki production Yamato Takeru, and working on I Was Born to Love You. She also created costumes for the Tokyo City Ballet’s performance of Cameroon, blending movement-conscious design with expressive detail. Now based in New York City, she brings a unique fusion of Japanese artistry and contemporary global aesthetics to her costume work, creating pieces that honor tradition while embracing innovation.

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Eduardo Reséndiz Gómez is a New York City–based international multidisciplinary artist working across theatrical sound, multimedia arts—including photography, videography, and content creation—and music. His work reflects a dynamic integration of technical precision and creative storytelling across live performance and digital media. For more, follow @laloresendizmusic on social media.