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| | | | | ARTISTS: Please Join Us. Since September 2020 the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, under the banner of Collective Action Against Racism and Inequity - now Collective Action for Equity (CAFE), member artists, and those working for arts and cultural organizations, have come together to acknowledge and respond to equity challenges. We are working to deepen our collective understanding of the complexity of equity issues, are taking action, and invite others to join.
Now, as part of an effort to extend the number of those members working on these issues, we, together with The Norwalk Art Space, are bringing Ubuntu Storytellers for a two-part performance and discussion (on two consecutive Wednesday evenings). We are aiming to engage a greater number of member artists and organizations in this discussion and hope very much that you will join us. Please read below.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
David Green |
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| Ubuntu Storytellers Presents: Building Bridges of Understanding The Norwalk Art Space Wed. July 6, 7-8:30pm
$10 Suggested Donation Refreshments Available Open from 6pm
Expand your point of view and understanding of equity issues through a special storytelling experience presented by UBUNTU Storytellers, an ensemble of experienced black, brown, and biracial performers who tell stories that “open our collective hearts through empathic listening, to engage in respectful, honest dialogue to be moved to change.”
In this event, organized by The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, in partnership with The Norwalk Art Space, we invite you to come hear personal stories of lived experience, stories that reflect the performers' joys, triumphs, and disappointments: poignant stories, funny stories, stories of being human. You will also hear stories about encounters with racism, prejudice, and microaggressions. Most of all, you will hear stories where you just might find ... yourself.
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| | “You might have much of the world's riches, and you might hold a portion of authority, but if you have no ubuntu, you do not amount to much…” ~Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
| | This African proverb reveals a world view that we owe our selfhood to others, that we are first and foremost social beings, that, if you will, no man/woman is an island, or as the African would have it, “One finger cannot pick up a grain.” Ubuntu is, at the same time, a deeply personal philosophy that calls on us to mirror our humanity for each other. To the observer, ubuntu can be seen and felt in the spirit of willing participation, unquestioning cooperation, warmth, openness, and personal dignity demonstrated by the indigenous black population…William E. Flippin, Jr.
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| There will be a moderated discussion the following week (Wed. July 13, same place and time) that will use themes heard in the stories to stimulate participant discussion of their own implicit bias, experiences with systemic racism and individual and organizational responsibilities and opportunities. Please note that participation in the discussion requires attendance at the storytelling concert.
This event is part of a series of conversations that have been coordinated in various forms since September 2020 by the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County under the banner of Collective Against Racism and Inequity - now Collective Action for Equity (CAFE). Member artists, and those working for arts and cultural organizations, are coming together to acknowledge and respond to equity challenges. We are deepening our collective understanding of the complexity of equity issues, are taking action, and invite others to join. |
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