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ArtsWave, Wave Pool, and Cincinnati-based artist Mary Clare Rietz invite you to a live stream screening of the Oct. 14 Creative Time Summit (DC) keynote presentation by writer and activist Alicia Garza of Black Lives Matter, along with the artists listed in the keynote description below. Discussion to follow.
UNDER SIEGE
“Stop shooting!” “I can’t breathe.” Final words, like those of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, have become part of our vernacular in the past years: a result of several international social movements, which have fought to bring systematic violence into the foreground of public discourse. This section invites artists and activists to discuss their work pertaining to communities facing immediate threat.
Keynote: Alicia Garza
with Sheila Pree Bright, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta (Raqs Media Collective).
Alecia Garza is an American activist and editorial writer based in Oakland, California. She has organized around the issues of health, student services and rights, rights for domestic workers, ending police brutality, anti-racism, and violence against trans and gender non-conforming people of color. Her editorial writing has been published by The Guardian, The Nation, The Feminist Wire, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post and truthout.org.
In 2013, Alicia co-founded #BlackLivesMatter, an international organizing network developed after the murder of Trayvon Martin, focused on combating anti-Black racism in all of its forms.She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her organizing work, including the Root 100 2015 list of African American achievers and influencers between the ages of 25 and 45, and was featured in the Politico50 guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2015. Garza is currently the Special Projects Director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and serves on the Board of Directors for Forward Together in Oakland, California. When she’s not scheming on freedom, Alicia enjoys dancing, reading and writing—and scheming some more.
Details
– Doors at 4:15pm
– Live stream begins at 4:40pm
– Food & drink provided
Parking
– Lot parking available off Burns Street, accessible parking adjacent to the Sanctuary off St. Michael Street
– Sanctuary Parking Diagram
Questions?
– Mary Clare Reitz- mcstoriesandart@mac.com
– Tara Townsend at ArtsWave- tara.townsend@theartswave.org
