Roxanne L. Scott

Over the coming days, we are excited to introduce our four Storytellers in Residence! Our first storyteller is @missroxscott Roxanne Scott is a journalist and audio producer in Queens, NY. She covers climate, health and the environment and has been published in the NY Amsterdam News, City Limits and Scientific American. For her residency, she’ll be based at @kingmanormuseum in Jamaica, Queens. She’s delighted to join Melting Metropolis and King Manor to focus on storytelling around summer, climate and urban heat. Through writing workshops and other literary events, she’ll foster residents to chronicle personal narratives, family histories and memories. She’ll also delve into archives, field notes and social history to document how residents find joy in staying cool. You can find Roxanne at community events or taking field notes in a park. She’s looking forward to working with the borough’s readers, writers, researchers and community organizations. Image credits: 1. Veronica Alt, 2. Roxanne Scott, 3. Courtesy of King Manor Archives.

THE LINEUP - MAY 16 - #DarkLab @governorsisland First panel features: @pesovisuals @missroxscott @taoleighgoffe 11:30AM - THE ART OF BLACK GEOGRAPHIES: ISLANDS AND PRINT CULTURE part of the Dark Lab 🧪 🌌 opening ceremony event - #TheArtOfTheHouseParty Nathaniel Télémaque AKA St.Peso is a North West London-born and raised visual artist, writer and researcher who photographs, films, records and writes about ‘everyday things’ in various urban and natural settings. Bearing witness to mad cities, poetic caribbean landscapes and maverick livelihoods inspires his audio-visual practices. His lenses focus on the experiences of young Black adults, creative peers and the ordinary moments that make up our day to day lives. He completed his Geography (practice-related) PhD at University College London in 2023 and currently works as a Lecturer in Geography and Social Justice at King’s College London University. Roxanne Scott is a journalist and audio producer in Queens, NY. She covers health, climate and the environment. Her work has appeared in the New York Amsterdam News, Queens Memory and Scientific American. Her journalism has been supported and recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists, Investigative Reporters & Editors and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Tao Leigh Goffe is a critically-acclaimed writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist who was born in London and grew up between the UK and New York. Dr. Goffe is an associate professor of literary history and cultural theory at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is part of the department of Women and Gender Studies there and Earth and Environmental Sciences @thegraduatecenter . She has been invited to give numerous keynote lectures in histories of race, geology, climate, performance studies, architecture, and media technologies. RSVP at link in bio to attend. Space limited 🔗

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I feel defeated! But joyous, we made it to the end of semester. Thanks to everyone who came through today to @wgs_huntercollege “Black and Indigenous Ecologies and Technologies”! First time ever taught @cunyedu . Students gave us a brilliant vision for the future, the year 2350! Last year my old department chair cancelled this class before it had a chance to live. We need this living, breathing curriculum. Thanks Dean Chito Childs for advocating this year! Dark Lab as a class. Highlights included the references to the American Indian Movement, Sylvia Wynter, Una Marson, and Cedric Robinson. We enjoyed Cuban Chinese and Jamaican cuisine. #Nourishment. @darklaboratory @iamthelibrarybookdragon @carmenlobue @missroxscott @idamomen @lynkeeart @emiliemeimei @yvonne_mpwo @mayacozier @_sophiasteele_ @olugbemisolarhudayperkovich @dayo.joy_ @jadedjaded @outofseam_ @parkesanrec

Part 1? Done! The first session of the King Manor x @meltingmetropolis Book Club is in the books. Thanks to our in-person and virtual attendees for joining in for today's discussion of Dark Laboratory by @taoleighgoffe Special thanks to @missroxscott for being our storyteller and discussion leader! Interested in joining? Check out the link in our bio to fill out our survey. Catch up for our second session in 2026!

Rufus has his copy of "Dark Laboratory" ready to go for the King Manor x @meltingmetropolis Book Club. Registration ends soon so sign up at the link in our bio!

join us saturday, november 1 for a community zine-making afternoon at King Manor there, with Roxanne L. Scott, the team at Queens Memory, and the team at King Manor, we’ll be making a community zine in just 4 hours. come by to make your page(s), with materials we’ll be supplying, so we can scan / process / design / print / bind our zine together. (if you can’t stay until the end we’ll have copies available at King Manor and with Queens Memory through the Queens Public Library afterward) making something together is so wonderful and at this zine workshop we’re inviting you to think of the change of seasons from summer to fall, to think of memory and, specifically, how remembering is a way to retain what was and be mindful for what will be. drop by to meet one another, make work together, collage, draw, write, think, and enjoy an afternoon in the company of fellow new yorkers <333

During #newyorkclimateweek our Community Engagement Lead Anna Ravenscroft visited NYC to spend time with our community partners @newtowncreek @queensmemory @kingmanormuseum and storytellers-in-residence @missroxscott and DaeQuan Collier. A highlight was visiting Queens Central Library, home to the Queens Memory Project, one of our earliest partners in NYC. After nearly two years of remote partnership, it was fantastic to finally connect in person with its director Meral and her team. Anna, Meral and the QMP team spent time scoping an exhibition to be staged in 2027, which will bring our collaborative work on urban heat into a fantastic local space in Queens. Anna also held a full-day workshop at King Manor Museum. This session brought everyone together: our two storytellers-in-residence DaeQuan and Roxanne, who presented their emerging stories; our NYC-based academics Kara and Danny, who shared insights on the Urban Heat Island Effect; and all our wonderful partners from across Queens. Anna also spent a day at the unique site of another partner, Newtown Creek Alliance. Despite many attempts to understand this location remotely, it all came together during a walking tour. It is clear that NCA and their storyteller-in-residence, DaeQuan, face a specific set of challenges in telling stories that reflect everyday experiences of urban heat and health in this industrial setting, particularly for those working year-round in environments with little shade and high heat exposure. You can read more about Anna’s trip in the most recent edition of our newsletter, link in bio 👆🏻

Join us this Saturday for our annual end of summer skates in the park party. #skates #skateparty #kidsonskates #skatinginthepark #learntorollerskate #outdoorfun #rollerskating

We’re back with a brand new season of the Queens Memory Podcast produced by the team at @qplnyc 🎙️ 💧Here's a sneak preview of the first episode - "A Forgotten Place" - as producer Roxanne Scott (@misroxscott ) takes us to neighborhoods in Southeast Queens - to some of the most flooded blocks in New York City. 🙏 Sound mixing and editing by Rebecca Seidel (@beccahope24 ) 🎶 Original music by Elias Ravin (@eliasravin ) "Memories of Water" features untold stories of how climate change is reshaping our borough — and how the communities most impacted are leading the way in response. 🗓️ First episode drops on Tuesday, June 10. 📍 Join us in person for the listening event at Cambria Heights Library on June 12. 🔗 Links in bio to follow us on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcast! #MemoriesOfWater #QueensClimateStories #PodcastPremiere #Season4 #ClimateResilience #QueensNY #Flooding #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityActivism

The talent found in this little corner of New York City is truly unmatched. I want to extend HUGE congrats to Queens reporter @missroxscott , whose feature story for the @nyamnews on climate racism has earned two national acknowledgements and far deserving of many more. This brilliant piece about how climate change is accelerating the impact of racism’s legacy in Queens has won third place in the National Headliner Awards (in a top 20 market!) and has also been named as a nominee in the @nabjofficial National Association of Black Journalists’s Salute to Excellence Awards. If it feels like flooding in the Southeast Queens area is getting worse every year, or these d*mn mosquitos seem to be getting angrier and multiplying exponentially, IT’S NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD. Please remember to support your local media because our communities’ future depend on them.

Glad @soniaalejandrawrites is hosting this literary salon. Join us! Sign up for the open mic! Maybe make some friends! Going down at the @theworldsboroughbookshop on May 29th 💕