Discussion: Arts/Culture: Social Justice and Social Change in relation to Indigenous Communities 

La MaMa in New York City presented Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at Culturehub's Arts/Culture: Social Justice and Social Change discussion livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 6 April at 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 11:30 p.m.-4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. MDT (Alberta) / 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. AKDT (Alaska) / 6:30 a.m.-11 a.m. HAST (Hawaii) / 16:30-21:00 GMT / 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. BST (London) / 18:30-23:00 CEST (Brussels). 

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With artists and cultural activists from across the U.S. and Canada, we will discuss the topics of:

• Arts/Culture: Social Justice and Social Change in relation to Indigenous communities and their work
• The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Violence against women
• Cultural rights and identity
• The Doctrine of Discovery
• Urbanization
• Misappropriation of Native images

Hosted by:

• Murielle Borst-Tarrant, Director of Safe Harbors Indigenous arts/Theater Collective at LaMaMa.

Speakers include:

• Eve Reyes-Aguirre-Tonatierra Nahuacalli, An Embassy of Indigenous Peoples,  Phoenix, Arizona
• Carolyn M. Dunn, PhD, Associate Vice President, Office for Institutional Diversity Assistant Professor, Dept. of English Language & Literatures,  Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
• Dipankar Mukherjee, Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Angelo Baca, Filmmaker, New York, New York
• Nicholson Billey, Choreographer, New York, New York
• Penny Couchie, Dancer, actor, teacher, choreographer, Aanmitaagzi  (He/She Speaks), Nipissing First Nation, Ontario

​Special guest speaker:

• Muriel Miguel, of Spiderwoman Theater, speaking about her life in theatre and as a community activist.

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email [email protected], or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.