“Silence is our enemy”
“It’s important that we seeeach other as human beings.
We need to take careof each other.”
Audio: Janelle Monae, “Hell You Talmbout”
Urgency of Empathy and Social Actionin Museums
Mike MurawskiDirector of Education & Public ProgramsPortland Art Museum (Oregon)
BE MORE LOCAL
RECOGNIZE & SUPPORTthe Movement for Black Lives
Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at the New Museum (photo by Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich)
Mirror Casket project, De Andrea Nichols, Marcis Curtis, Sophie Lipman, Damon Davis, Elizabeth Vega, Derek Laney, Mallory Nezam
Portland Art MuseumAugust 9, 2016
Portland Art MuseumAugust 15, 2016
FLIPPING THE SCRIPT
Portland Art MuseumObject Stories
Detroit Institute of Arts“1967 Detroit Home Movies”
CREATE A PERSONAL VISION
“not everything that is faced can be changed, but
nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
- James Baldwin
BUILD COMMUNITIES OF ACTION
questionsdiscussionlistening
BE MORE LOCAL
RECOGNIZE & SUPPORT MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES
FLIPPING THE SCRIPT
CREATE A PERSONAL VISION FOR CHANGE
BUILD COMMUNITIES OF ACTION