Justice on August 23

For our event on August 23 at Center Stage, we are excited to welcome Lisa Snowden-McCray to the stage to speak on the theme of Justice. We’re also happy to announce that we’ll be having a few local organizations and artists tabling at the event to help us round out the theme of Justice. Registration is always free and opens on August 19.

Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity (BARS)

BARS brings together Asians and Pacific Islanders of all backgrounds in Baltimore for learning, mutual support, and radical organizing. We use educational programming to build critical knowledge about our identities, to create safe, inclusive spaces for API, and work in solidarity with all marginalized peoples in Baltimore because our liberation is tied together.
https://www.facebook.com/baltimoreasianresistanceinsolidarity/

Baltimore Youth Arts

Baltimore Youth Arts is a creative entrepreneurship and job training program that provides artistic and professional opportunities to young people, ages 14-22, with a focus on those involved in the justice system. Our mission is to assist young people in gaining the creative, personal, and educational skills that will enable them to become leaders in their communities.

twitter/Ig @bmoreyoutharts
bmoreyoutharts.org

Fusion Partnerships

Fusion Partnerships works to be a catalyst for social justice and peace through collaborative action, including fiscal sponsorship. Fusion upholds space for a larger and more diverse pool of grassroots community leaders can now contribute and participate in solutions for social change.  Through greater access to nonprofit and supportive organizational resources, Fusion is an inclusive solution that protects and nurtures small innovative organizations and initiatives. 
 
IG/Twitter: @fusion_partnerships
http://www.fusiongroup.org/

MDVLA

MDVLA is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to protecting Maryland artists’ legal rights through pro bono legal referrals and education to artists and nonprofit arts organizations. Their lawyers take on cases for artists as they would for any client. They strive to help artists and organizations overcome legal barriers that limit their ability to create, distribute, or profit from their creativity. 

Twitter: @MarylandVLA
IG: @md_vla
www.mdvla.org

Unmonument to Liberation and Black Joy

Artist April Danielle Lewis, 2019 Grit Fund grantee, is creating a collaborative 3D printed UnMonument to Liberation and Black Joy (ULBJ), an artistic response to a monument or a counter-monument. Inspired by the removal of Baltimore’s confederate monuments in 2016, ULBJ challenges the notion that local denizens should honor the legacy of those whose work has perpetuated the injustices that divide our country and our communities. ULBJ will depict a dirt bike rider in a “12’o clock” position.
unmonument.com