Arlene Goldbard, activist and author of books including The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists & The Future and The Wave, imagines the possibilities for Providence in 20 years if its citizens understand how art and culture are essential to a sustainable future, and if they have the foresight to weave art's transformative power into every aspect of public and private life.

Location: Veterans Memorial Auditorium: 1 Avenue of the Arts Providence, RI 02903

Reception: 5-6pm, Presentation: 6-7:30pm

Join the conversation about how Providence can leverage our deep bench of arts organizations, cultural plan, arts educators in and out of the schools and after school infrastructure to provide more opportunities for arts learning for our public school children?

Tying together four "moments" in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, this presentation will look at the ways settlers incorporated or distanced themselves from the movement at Standing Rock, and the ways the media narratives reinforced problematic stereotypes of Native peoples through their reporting. In a fight that should be centered on Indigenous peoples and their rights, what are the ways non-Natives usurped and shifted the narrative?