20.10.2017 / 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern ParkwayBrooklyn, New York 11238-6052
US
Conference
The Brooklyn Conference: Inspiring Social Change
We are organizing a major gathering of artists, filmmakers, writers, and performers alongside leaders, activists, and elected officials for two days of dynamic and thought-provoking programming. The Brooklyn Conference explores the intersections of art and social justice, shining a light on what unites and separates us as a nation, and in hopes of inspiring a more connected, civic, and empathetic world. Join us for some creative thinking about social change.
The Fight for Opportunity: Immigration Now Tania Bruguera, artist and inaugural Artist-in-Residence of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, joins Murad Awawdeh, Vice President of Advocacy, New York Immigration Coalition, and artist Felipe Baeza for a discussion of political challenges facing New York’s immigrant communities and the creative possibilities of Arte Útil, or “useful art.”
The first day of the conference includes a full day of programming and networking, followed by a cocktail reception.
Speakers include:
- Keynote: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D “’ New York)
- Charles Blow, op-ed columnist, The New York Times
- Tania Bruguera, artist
- Bob Bland, co-founder, Women’s March on Washington
- Murad Awawdeh, Director of Political Engagement, New York Immigration Coalition
- Deborah Berke, architect; Dean, Yale School of Architecture
- Rashida Bumbray, curator, choreographer
- Amanda de Cadenet, photographer, producer; creator of The Conversation, on Lifetime
- Katie Capiello, teacher, writer, director
- Judy Chicago, artist
- Sarah Sophie Flicker, performer, activist
- Jodi Archambault Gillette, President Barack Obama’s special assistant for Native American affairs
- Ebony Noelle Golden, founder, Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative
- Sally Kohn, political commentator, CNN
- Shaun Leonardo, artist
- Paola Mendoza, filmmaker, activist
- Carmen Papalia, artist
- Adam Pendleton, artist
- Claudia Rankine, writer
- Laurie Jo Reynolds, artist
- Linda Sarsour, co-founder, Women’s March on Washington
- Alvin Starks, Open Society Foundation
- Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
- Hank Willis Thomas, artist
- Roberta Uno, theater director; founder, ArtChange US: Art in a Changing America