From engaging kids with coloring book pages whose content includes local social justice history to hosting talks by leaders in contemporary arts in our free Arts & Advocacy video library - PARJE’s goal is to build better advocates for racial justice.

As our country struggles to address the underlying issues of racial injustice, we believe that public art has an important role in racial justice awareness and helping to build “the Beloved Community” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. Public art can help bring to light the history of the displacement of Indigenous communities, as well as ...

Moving past the common misconception that public art is “all about murals”, Mary Kordak returns to talk about more experimental public artworks. This talk discusses art projects led by cultural leaders like Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley as well as the Chicano Muralist Movement, and public/community art of young Yemeni Artists.

We are developing an “ARTS & ADVOCACY” free video library. This project brings prominent BIPOC, artists, leading cultural thinkers, and educators to foster discussions about how art can change the world.

Arts & Advocacy is a six-part talk series designed to inform audiences on how cultural leaders have historically and are currently thinking about art as a tool for social change. Scroll Down For Talk Descriptions and Links.

PARJE racial justice coloring book pages are a community-created project spearheaded by lead artist Jac Lahav. These free social justice coloring book pages are part of a series to engage children in learning about social justice history through art.

Kit Son Lee - Art & Tech - with New Media Caucus and Conn College Ammerman Center - March 24, 2022 Brianna Harlan - Black Love Blooms - Lyman Allyn Art Museum - Oct 7, 2021 ... PUBLIC ART FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION. PO Box 1174 Norwich, CT 06360 racialjusticeart@gmail.com. Made with Squarespace. Our Work. Contact Us About

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As Public Art For Racial Justice Education dives deeper into our Sister Mural project we examine one of the themes of the Norwich mural, David Ruggles (1810 - 1849). A contemporary of Frederick Douglass, Ruggles was active in the underground railroad and owned the first Black-owned bookstore in New York.)

As our country struggles to address the underlying issues of racial injustice, we believe that public art has an important role in racial justice awareness and helping to build “the Beloved Community” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. Public art can help bring to light the history of the displacement of Indigenous communities, as well as ...