Organizations

Art Against Racism is a virtual arts exhibition which aims to lift up the tremendous array of creative works made in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In doing so, project organizers hope that the exhibition will serve as an archive of the national artistic response to this historic moment.

Based in St. Louis, Missouri and incorporated in 2014, the Story Stitchers Artists Collective uses a collaborative model to create social justice art. The mission of Story Stitchers is to document St. Louis through art and word and to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships, and literacy. Story Stitchers works to promote a better educated, more peaceful, and caring region through the creation and dissemination of original art.

Bvlbancha Public Access is a media channel based in Bulbancha (New Orleans), Louisiana. They collect stories, facilitate art, and produce events on Indigenous identity in the Gulf South.

CSA&C has over thirty years experience building arts partnerships in educational, community and social institutions. They have provided expert guidance for developing artistic, educational, funding, community development collaborations with over 250 partners from the arts and other community sectors. CSA&C's clients include artists and arts organizations, educational, health, human service, and criminal justice agencies, state and local government, and the business and philanthropic communities. CSA&C activities are training, research & evaluation, planning, and facilitation. ARTS BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT They describe their work as building bridges between local arts resources and the needs of the broader “community”. They define the field of arts-based community development, as: Arts-centered activity that contributes to the sustained advancement of human dignity, health or productivity within a community.

Decolonizing the Music Room is a nonprofit organization that aims to reframe music educators' teachings and place more focus on minority history and musical practices in order to create an equitable and diverse musical community.

The mission of Emergence Media is to explore "the power of creative expression to activate social transformation". They participate in projects, media, events, and other outreach methods to relay important messages out into the Detroit community.

Arts & Democracy provides a safe, collaborative space for the minds of artists, cultural organizers, and activists to come together and benefit our communities. The arts are used as a platform to communicate messages of activism and transformative change.

This artist led organization, For Freedoms, works to increase civic engagment and direct action through artwork that promotes democracy and political conversation. Their "Wide Awakes" initiative is a community for creatives to reimage a future of self-emanicipation.

The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) is an organization dedicated to creating and supporting "a robust performing arts presenting, booking and touring industry and the professionals who work within it". They aim to make the performing arts accessible and enjoyable for all by incorporating Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) into their practices as a top priority.