Comedy for racial justice in the climate crisis

As a combined team of engaged researchers, comedians, activists, organizers, music producers and filmmakers, Hip Hop Caucus and the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) began working together in the summer of 2019 to co-create a climate justice entertainment project that centers comedians of color. By sharing the participatory co-creation and production process of Ain’t Your Mama’s Heat Wave, a novel docu-comedy and community mobilization initiative, this report invites social justice organizers, activists, community leaders, and environmental advocates to learn about the power of creativity and comedy to disrupt usual ways of doing business in the climate crisis – and why it matters.