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A Chronicle of Art & Community Transformation Poets, dancers, and painters at war with white supremacy, COVID, criminal militias, and Milosevic? Muralists, musicians, and actors, making a difference in homeless shelters, emergency rooms, and death row? Sound delusional? Yea, sure, but also true! And when creativity confronts destruction, and imagination faces fear, in places like Ferguson, Belfast and San Quentin surprising things happen. Change the Story / Change the World is a chronicle of art and community transformation across the globe. In each episode, Bill will introduce listeners to creative change agents working to re-imagine and recreate the social, political, and cultural narratives that define their communities.

Latino artists in Raleigh created a mural in the road reading "Erradica el racismo". In English it means "Erradicate racism." The mural can be viewed from the buidlings above and was created to encourage change in their community in response to recent racial strife. With this colorful mural, the artists hope to raise awareness for injustice and call community members to action.

This New York Times article provides a list of artistic works that have highlighted racial inequalities and addressed issues such as police brutality. The works highlighted in the article range from documentaries like "13th" to Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." By providing a list of works that address and challenge social injustices, the authors hope to provide a means for viewers to educate themselves and enact change.

In collaboration with Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine and also the Program in Arts, Health & Humanities, the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab are co-producing a Racial Justice Concert Series. This free virtual concert series harnesses the power of music to support racial justice in Baltimore. The first concert of the series featured the Baltimore Boom Bap Society in support of Baltimore Ceasefire; the second concert featured Mt. Vernon Virtuosi in support of the Family Survivor Network. Both events included meaningful dialogue about ways that music can help bring people together to heal and address social injustice.  

A group of Black musicians expose how the classical music community can incorporate racist practices. This article highlights the Instagram page, @OrchestraIsRacist, which was made to bring these issues to light. An interview with its creators reveals the importance of advocacy in our communities and change in racist behavior among orchestra administration. The page also provides a platform for Black musicians and the work they do to strive towards an anti-racist society.

Author Jenine Holmes discusses her journey with her young daughter as they experience the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Their experiences speak to the challenges and joys of Black dancers throughout all of history. In her reflection she notes that she views "tinting ballet shoes as an act of love for my daughter".

Dark City Beneath The Beat is a musical documentary reimagining the narrative of Baltimore through its home grown sound and dance style known as Baltimore club music. Directed by TT The Artist, the film showcases Baltimore club music as a positive subculture in a city rising above social and economic turmoil, and a source of support in the development of a vibrant and close knit arts community. The documentary is now available to stream on Netflix. asian american artists now activists push back against hate

Public Artist in Residence Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya partnered with the NYC Commission on Human Rights to create the series "I Still Believe in Our City". The series features murals and paintings around New York City - in bus shelters, subway stations, and on the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn - in response to increased Asian American discrimination and hate since the start of the pandemic. Phingbodhipakkiya has made these works freely downloadable on her website.

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