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X-WR-CALNAME:And Still We Rise: Women of Color Creating Community through t
 he Arts
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DESCRIPTION:ADMISSION:\nAdmission is free. Reservations required. RSVP begi
 nning Wednesday\, January 3\, at 9 a.m.\n\n3:30 p.m.: A Conversation with 
 Women of Color Arts Leaders\nUSC Students\, Staff\, and Faculty: RSVP\nUSC
  Alumni: RSVP\nGeneral Public: RSVP \n\n5:30 p.m.: Let’s Dance! A Partic
 ipatory Dance Flash Mob\nUSC Students\, Staff\, and Faculty: RSVP\nUSC Alu
 mni: RSVP\nGeneral Public: RSVP\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nWomen of color have long 
 been at the forefront of community building and social activism through th
 e arts. Dance companies\, music ensembles\, theatre troupes\, and other ar
 ts groups led by women of color have worked in distinctly collaborative\, 
 intergenerational ways to not only preserve their cultural heritage but al
 so build vibrant\, healthy\, and engaged communities. Join us for two inte
 ractive events—a conversation and a dance flash mob—celebrating the po
 werful role that women of color arts leaders have played in building commu
 nities and promoting social change.\n\nSchedule of Events:\n3:30 p.m.: A C
 onversation with Women of Color Arts Leaders\nFriends of the USC Libraries
  Lecture Hall\nDoheny Memorial Library 240\nCharmaine Jefferson\, former e
 xecutive director of the California African American Museum\, will moderat
 e a conversation featuring:\n\nFrom International Association of Blacks in
  Dance:\nTiffany Rea-Fisher\, Elisa Monte Dance\, NYC\nMarjani Forté\, Ex
 perimental Artists\, NYC\nKia Smith\, South Chicago Dance Theatre\nAyisha 
 Morgan-Lee\, Hill Dance Academy Theatre\, Pittsburgh\n\nFrom Los Angeles:\
 nReena Esmail\, Street Symphony\nJackie Lopez\, Versa-Style Dance Company\
 nLeslie A. Ito\, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center\nGema Sando
 val and Christie Rios\, Danza Floricanto\nBrigette Dunn-Korpela\, B. Dunn 
 Movement/Dance and Theatre Company\nZanaida Robles\, Street Symphony\n\n5 
 p.m.: Let’s Dance! A Participatory Dance Flash Mob\nRonald Tutor Campus 
 Center\, Grand Ballroom\nImmediately following the conversation\, Los Ange
 les–based Viver Brasil Dance Company will lead participants in a process
 ion from Doheny Library to the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Grand Ballroom f
 or an exciting and interactive dance event.\n\nAdditional Links:\nInternat
 ional Association of Blacks in Dance Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\, YouT
 ube\nTiffany Rea-Fisher Twitter\nElisa Monte Dance Facebook\, Instagram\, 
 Twitter\, Vimeo\, YouTube\nMarjani Forté Facebook\, Twitter\, Vimeo\nSout
 h Chicago Dance Theatre Facebook\nAyisha Morgan-Lee Twitter\nHill Dance Ac
 ademy Theatre Facebook\nReena Esmail Facebook\, Instagram\, Soundcloud\, W
 ikipedia\nStreet Symphony Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\nVersa-Style Danc
 e Company Facebook\, Instagram\, YouTube\nJapanese American Cultural & Com
 munity Center Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\nGema Sandoval Facebook\nDanz
 a Floricanto Facebook\nBrigette Dunn-Korpela CSUN faculy profile\nB. Dunn 
 Movement/Dance and Theatre Company Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\nZanaida
  Robles Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\, YouTube\n\nPresented by USC Visio
 ns and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Ken Foster
  (Arts Leadership)\, Rosalind Connerly (Center for Black Cultural and Stud
 ent Affairs)\, and Tamica Washington-Miller (International Association of 
 Blacks in Dance).\n\nPhoto (Dancer): Jason Skinner
GEO:34.020197;-118.283725
LOCATION:Doheny Memorial Library (DML)\, Friends of the USC Libraries Lectu
 re Hall\, Room 240
SUMMARY:And Still We Rise: Women of Color Creating Community through the Ar
 ts
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/and_still_we_rise_women_of_col
 or_creating_community_through_the_arts_8502
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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