Interested in being a CHANGE MAKER on Staten Island?
Continuing with our commitment to equity in the arts, we are excited to announce a FREE workshop series built for artists and community members interested in coming together to work towards social justice under the lens of art and culture.
The goal of this series is to provide participants with an opportunity to community build and acquire the necessary tools to begin dismantling systems of oppression internally, through their art practice, within an office environment, and/or in their own neighborhoods. With an opportunity for self-reflection and a more clear understanding of how institutions and systems are producing unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants will emerge from the series better equipped to begin to work for change. A key component to the training will be the opportunity for participants to join a community cohort that will provide support for one another after the workshops are completed.
ABOUT OUR FACILITATOR | Participants will be guided through this workshop series by Rebecca Kelly Golfman.
Rebecca is a racial and community justice facilitator using her background as a civil rights attorney, interdisciplinary artist, and educator to support communities in healing internalized oppression and shifting practices and policies toward equity. She has partnered with Staten Island Arts in the past on workshops addressing De-Centering Whiteness and Implicit Bias. Rebecca has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Black Girl Magik, and Elia Alba’s book, The Supper Club. She holds a Juris Doctorate from University of Connecticut School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theater Performance from Wagner College. As an alum, she served as an Adjunct Professor at Wagner teaching Race, the Arts, and Activism. For more information on our facilitator, visit her website here.
ELIGIBILITY
Participants must:
Be a Staten Island resident
Be at least 18 years old
Be available for all workshop dates
Workshops will begin Saturday March 7 and will be held the first and third Saturday of each month through May. We prefer that participants attend ALL workshop dates listed below. If you are interested, but unable to attend one or more, please contact Deputy Director Gena Mimozo at gmimozo@statenislandarts.org to talk through your situation.
TELL US ABOUT YOU
Please fill out the information questionnaire so we can know more about you and why you’d like to get involved. You can also share your thoughts by responding via a video recorded on your phone or another device. Please send your video file to gmimozo@statenislandarts.org and be sure to include your name and the words ‘Artists for Social Justice’ in the title of your email.
REGISTRATION will be confirmed by March 3.