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Subject: [Americans for the Arts] FW: Jul 8; Black Lives Matter, protests and related equity-centered weekly news roundup

Hello/hola, esteemed colleagues:

In response to requests for information, national context and what is happening in other communities, we are compiling this digest to support you in navigating current events and in your commitment to equity in the long term. We will circulate this news digest weekly, every Wednesday. While this is certainly not a comprehensive or exhaustive list, we hope it boosts you in your exploration, knowledge and awareness building.

We are looking at additional ways to support your equity work and welcome resources, ideas, examples and opportunities to share with the field. Please send them to services@artsusa.org.

Thank you for your continued work.

PROGRAMMING/RESOURCES

(We will feature new offerings here – free to low-cost opportunities. Previous listings have been moved down to below the signature)

• Jul 17, 1:00p EDT: Rural Arts Anti-Racism Meet-Up

Hosted by Springboard for the Arts and the Department of Public Transformation. Feedback from the initial Rural Arts Activism & Anti-Racism Meet-Up in June indicated an overwhelming desire to continue holding space for rural arts and cultural workers to connect and share resources for anti-racism, equity, and justice work in ways that are meaningful and in support of the work of Black, brown, immigrant and Indigenous leaders. Based on the June 5th meet-up highlighting the work and voices of BIPOC artists Benya Kraus, Nevada Littlewolf, Holly Doll, Cassie Williams, Sharon Mansur, Nancy XiongRong Valentine, and Mai'a Williams, our second Meet-Up will include facilitated, small group deep-dives into the ideas shared by the panelists at our first gathering in order to develop personal and community commitments, and to identify ways to support and hold each other accountable in building equity in rural communities. Breakouts will include a BIPOC only space and the option to gather by region.

• OnDemand: Nonprofit Quarterly: Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice? (Part Two)

Access part one here

• OnDemand: The DEI Imperative: Fundamentals for Marketers.

Presented by American Marketing Association. The session is full, but register for the replay.

• Arts for Health Equity and Social Justice: A New IAM Lab Series Prepared by the International Arts + Mind Lab.
• On YouTube: The State Of Race f/ Ruha Benjamin & Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (Episode 1)

The Greater Jackson Arts Council is proud to present THE STATE OF RACE, a special, multi-episode series featuring Ruha Benjamin (author and African-American Studies professor at Princeton) in conversation with Chokwe Lumumba (Mayor of Jackson, MS). Though taped before the recent, horrific events that have pushed our country into a painful and historic racial reckoning, the dialogue between these two brilliant scholars is as prescient, thought provoking, and insightful as ever.

• New DEI Webinar Series by Nonprofit HR!

Nonprofit HR’s REALITIES webinar series topics are driven by priorities which nonprofits have reported to us, and cover everything from workforce development, recruitment, talent attraction and recruitment, workplace culture and beyond. Each session will be addressed through the lens of race and will incorporate facets of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging practices in talent management.

• Equitable Evaluation Initiative. Everyday narratives that continue to marginalize, minimize, and disrespect people of color and those with less privilege could be replaced with ones that do not demonize and place blame on the individual. They could instead lift up the historical, contextual, and powerful dynamics that create and sustain oppression and shed light on the strategies and solutions which can shift the “rules of the game” so that equity is achievable.

FIELD NEWS

• Alive: When murals matter more than lives
• Strong Towns: Our Cities Need Artists Now More than Ever. Here's Why.
• Fast Company: Racist monuments are coming down all over the U.S. What should replace them? Prominent designers, artists, and thinkers weigh in.
• NDN COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCES THE RADICAL IMAGINATION GRANT FOR SIX INDIGENOUS ARTISTS. The NDN Collective Radical Imagination Grant will provide six Indigenous artists in the United States or U.S. Territories with $50k to radically imagine a new future, a better normal, and a more just world for all people and the planet.
• Emerging City Champions. Emerging City Champions is a fellowship and micro-grant program for young civic innovators with bold ideas to enhance public space, mobility, and civic engagement. This program is powered by 8 80 Cities and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The fellowship is open to U.S. residents aged 19-35 with an innovative project idea and the drive to see it through in one of Knight Foundation's investment communities. Applicants may be activists, educators, tactical urbanists, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, and more. We want diverse voices with fresh perspectives, talent, and commitment to building vibrant neighborhoods and cities.
• FreshWater: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture celebrates black-led arts organizations
• Fast Company: How equitable are your favorite labels? Black in Fashion Council calls for radical transparency “This is about accountability culture, not cancel culture.”
• MUSEUMS
• Indianapolis Reporter: To bear witness: Real talk about white supremacy culture in art museums today
• ArtNet News: On the Limits of Care and Knowledge: 15 Points Museums Must Understand to Dismantle Structural Injustice The artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores what museums must internalize before moving forward with equity work.
• MOMA: What Should Museums Do? Let’s take art history apart and reimagine it.
• Artsy: SFMOMA employees accused the institution of racism and censorship in an open letter.
• ArtNet News: The Guggenheim’s Curatorial Staff Call Out the Museum’s ‘Discriminatory Practices’ in a Scathing Letter to Leadership The letter, signed only by the museum's "Curatorial Department," calls on the museum to make its workplace more equitable.
• Burnaway: To Bear Witness: Real Talk about White Supremacy in Art Museums Today
• THEATRE
• Howlround: Woke Supremacy A Critical Perspective on the American Theatre
• DANCE
• SeattleDances: RECOGNIZING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN DANCE

NEWS

• NBC10: Pair Paints Over City-Sanctioned BLM Mural in Calif. Activists had permission to paint the mural at the given location
• NPR: What Systemic Racism Means And The Way It Harms Communities

ARTS/ARTISTS RESPONSE

• Imagining America. A Collective Creative Engagement hosted by Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. This year, in place of an in-person IA National Gathering, Imagining America invites creative responses that offer opportunities for community reflection, healing, and the creation of spaces and places for a radical reimagining of the world in which we live. Submission Deadline: Friday, August 28, 2020
• On YouTube: "End Racism Now" Johnstown, Pennsylvania, street painting
• ArtsATL: Atlanta theater artists will look inward at 3-night virtual Town Hall for Racial Reckoning
• NBC: The reckoning over representation: Black Hollywood speaks out, but is the industry listening? “Being told that the white girls are not fireable is being told that you’re disposable."
• Hyperallergic: An Instagram Account Is Amplifying Anonymous Testimonies of Racism in Museums@ChangeTheMuseum is posting “stories of unchecked racism” that speak to the discriminatory practices plaguing cultural institutions. 
• Ideas.Ted.com: Economic violence: the most socially acceptable form of racism
• ABC7: Black Lives Matter street mural unveiled in Oak Park, first of its kind in Illinois
• Tampa Bay Times: Artists from Tampa Bay and beyond respond to Black Lives Matter protests Art becomes the protest for many who want to respond creatively. Others perform their art during the protests.
• Hyperallergic: In SoHo, Artists Turn Boarded-up Storefronts Into Canvases As stores begin to reopen, the future of these artworks remains in limbo but one thing is certain: for the first time in decades, the Manhattan neighborhood is teeming with art again.

TAKE ACTION

• NonprofitAF: It’s time we fundraise in a way that doesn’t uphold white moderation and white supremacy
• Fakequity: 10 WAYS WHITENESS SHOWS UP YOU MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE
• The Mary Sue: If You Really Want to Unlearn Racism, Read Black Sci-Fi Authors
• TheBias.com: How “Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion
• Fakequity: MOVING FROM ALLYSHIP TO SOLIDARITY ACTIONS LOOK LIKE

Thanks for reading. We hope you find this news digest to be a helpful tool to support your equity work, and welcome feedback at services@artsusa.org. If you were forwarded this and want to sign up for the Local Arts Network listserv to receive it directly, click here.

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Americans for the Arts

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PROGRAMMING/RESOURCES

• Jul 13-17, Various: BELONGING AT WORK SUMMIT

Presented by Rhodes Perry Consulting. Let’s face it, the world of work has changed overnight. Living through the Great Pandemic has underscored why our workplace’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments matter now, more than ever before. It also leaves many of us struggling with the following questions: How can we build a sense of safety, trust, and belonging at work (both virtually and in-person)? What are ways we can serve as inclusive leaders in uncertain times? How can we keep our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments on track during a crisis? How do we radically include and give our most vulnerable stakeholders what they need? What are ways our organizations can disrupt white supremacy culture in our workplaces and communities? If you find yourself grappling with these big questions, and want to connect with other DEI leaders, visionaries, & change makers, join our 2020 Belonging Summit. Together, we will grow the #BelongingMovement, and you will gain a community, new skills, and the confidence to build a greater sense of belonging at work.

• Jul 20, 7:00p EDT: Ibram X. Kendi on "How to Be an Antiracist"

2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his renowned book “How to Be an Antiracist” on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College. Dr. Dukes is the first African-American woman to serve as president of the College and has 30 years of progressive leadership experience and administrative responsibility in higher education. The conversation will be streamed live online on Crowdcast, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter/Periscope, and will air on PGCC TV on a later date.

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