Join us in confronting our country’s history of racism and working towards a more equitable future through interdisciplinary scholarship, creative partnerships, and meaningful dialogue.
Courtesy of Smithsonian
St. Louis, join the Smithsonian and local leaders to discuss how access to critical resources can shape communities across the nation—including right here in St. Louis. This free #OurSharedFutureConversations discussion takes place at the Grandel Theater on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. https://bit.ly/3O8FSKq
November 21, 2024 6:15PM
Reception 5:30PM
Grandel Theater
Kranzberg Arts Foundation
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103
An Initiative for Social Change
Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past emerges from both centuries of systemic racism and its urgent, present-day reality. With this new initiative, we seek to spark positive social change and build a more equitable future through interdisciplinary scholarship, creative partnerships, dialogue, and engagement.
Our Foundational Pillars
Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past is built on six thematic pillars. Each is designed to make issues of race and systemic racism understandable, relevant, and, most importantly, changeable.
Recommended Viewing
Understanding the past is the key to building a better shared future, but where do we begin? A new series of videos, created in partnership with Google Arts & Culture, illuminates how systemic racism shows up in our lives and offers resources to help create change.
A Welcome Message from Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Speakers include:
Soledad O’Brien, panel moderator, award-winning journalist, founder of Soledad O’Brien Productions
Gabe Gore, circuit attorney for City of St. Louis
Melanie Adams, director, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum and former resident of St. Louis
Karishma Furtado, researcher, Office of Race and Equity Research, Urban Institute
Michael McMillan, president and CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Susan Stith, interim CEO of Concordance, longtime DEI expert
The evening includes a wrap-up of discussion with Amy Shaw, president and CEO of Nine PBS and a performance by Gentleman of Vision.
Bank of America is proud to be the Founding Partner of Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past
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