What is Cultural Justice? 2017 Senator Claiborne Pell Lecture on Arts & Humanities

The City of Providence and its partners host the annual Senator Claiborne Pell Lecture on Arts & Humanities to honor the late Claiborne Pell (1918-2009), who represented the State of Rhode Island in the United States Senate from 1961-1997. Senator Pell was a lead sponsor of the “Basic Educational Opportunity Grants” program in 1973, renamed Pell Grants in 1980; they have been critical mechanisms for providing financial aid to college students in the United States. He also played a pivotal role in the founding of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.

Established in 2009, the Pell Lecture seeds critical conversations that build from Senator Pell’s vision for our nation, inviting the community to come together to celebrate art, culture, and the creative community. Topics have spotlighted key aspects of the six community-wide goals outlined in Creative Providence: A Cultural Plan for the Creative Sector.

2017 SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL LECTURE ON ARTS & HUMANITIES

PRESENTED BY MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA, AND THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE DEPARTMENT OF ART, CULTURE + TOURISM

DECEMBER 13, 2017

5PM

THE SOUTHSIDE CULTURAL CENTER OF RHODE ISLAND

393 BROAD STREET, PROVIDENCE

Keynote by Carlton Turner (AlternateROOTS, M.U.G.A.B.E.E.)

Followed by a Panel discussion with:
Karen Allen Baxter (Brown University Rites and Reason Theatre Africana Studies)
Anjel Newmann (AS220 Youth; Performer)
Sabrina Chaudhary (stay silent PVD, Trade Pop-Up)
Ian Cozzens (New Urban Arts; Artist/Designer)

Produced in collaboration with:
Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Alliance of Artist Communities
Rhode Island LISC
Trinity Repertory Company
Brown University Rites and Reason Theatre Africana Studies
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

With support from:
AS220
The Dean Hotel