In a time of increasingly divisive national politics, the impossibility of consensus calls us to find ways of working together in difference. In this immersive and open conversation, participants hear from transformative justice scholar adrienne maree brown and venture into breakout rooms for group discussions on the topic of how we talk with one another. The second event of the Dialogue Series, this program follows the opening performance, Primer for an Impossible Conversation, and furthers our collective inquiry into the topic of dissent as a mode for building social bridges.

A prolific writer and impassioned activist, adrienne maree brown is well known for her essential texts that explore activism, pleasure, and transformative justice. brown’s books include Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds; Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good; and most recently We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice. The next text in her Emergent Strategy Series, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, will be released in April of 2021.

The Dialogue Series is organized by January Parkos Arnall, Curator, with the Performance and Public Practice team.