Introducing the Recover and Renew Cohort of Emerson Collective Fellows
Features
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Media & Journalism
250 years of African American poetry: songs of struggle, freedom, and life
A groundbreaking anthology part of a nationwide project celebrates the essential role of the Black poetic imagination.
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Demo Day
Bryan Stevenson believes something better is waiting for us
“There is something that feels more like freedom, feels more like equality, feels more like justice waiting for us but to get there, we’re gonna have to commit to this truth-telling, we’re gonna have to commit to fixing and repairing the damage.”
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America Seen
Shan Wallace says community means family in Baltimore
“Here, I know I’m loved, and I know I belong. I know my purpose, and my community has taken responsibility for protecting and nurturing me, and supporting me and reminding me of this purpose. The reciprocity between us is always present.”
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Fellows Friday Series
A new anthology highlights the diverse women leading the climate movement
Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson talks abou thte essays she curated for All We Can Save, her won journey to becoming a leader on climate, and the emerging, “Feminist Climate Renaissance.”
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FELLOWS FRIDAY SERIES
How our public spaces reflect, distort, and create our historical memory
Writer, poet and Emerson fellow at New America Clint Smith talks with Mitch Landrieu about the movement to take down monuments – and America’s overdue reckoning with the legacy of slavery.
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Demo Day
BMike on the role of art and activism
In conversation with Jennifer Arceneaux, Emerson Collective’s Director of Strategy Integration. BMike is a public artist who sees his work as a collaboration with the community and a dialogue with his audience.
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America Seen
Quiet moments of resolve and determination to love and heal
Vanessa Charlot is interested in capturing how Black people survive, and thrive in the face of oppression.
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America Seen
African American cemeteries offer a counter point to the narrative of white supremacy
“For Black folk who were born property, like many in my own family, cemeteries are often the only places one can find records of a person’s existence.” -Brian Palmer
JAMES BALDWINHistory is not even the past. It’s the present.
Priorities
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Immigration
Helping aspiring Americans and new immigrants succeed
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Education
Clearing pathways to a meaningful education
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Elemental
Climate innovation and environmental justice
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XQ: The Super School Project
Rethinking America's high schools
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Chicago CRED
Creating real economic destiny in Chicago
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Equity & Justice
Shaping new systems of opportunity for all
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Media & Journalism
Provoking thought and strengthening democracy
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Health
Accelerating cancer research and empowering patients
Gordon Parks, A self taught photographer with a deep commitment to social justice, racial equity, and the expansiveness of blackness, was one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century.
WHAT WE'RE READING
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Time
'Would You Kill God Too?' W.J. Lofton's New Poem, Commissioned by Ava DuVernay, Puts a Spotlight on Breonna Taylor’s Killers
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The Atlantic
Stories of Slavery, From Those Who Survived It
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Reuters
U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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The Atlantic
A Forgotten Black Founding Father
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Pitchfork
How the Cult Classic Recordings of a 96-Year-Old Nun Became the Soundtrack to Garrett Bradley’s New Documentary Time