We're Listening... We Hope You Will Too

This is a moment for listening.

We are postponing our Streaming Saturday event this weekend in order to hear and amplify the voices of our Black colleagues, community members, and friends.  If you had planned to listen to our discussion with directors on Saturday, we urge you instead to join us as we listen to them.

As an organization and a staff we are in the midst of continuing a process of making Olney Theatre Center an institution that walks its anti-Racist talk.  Our goals remain focused on diversifying our staff and audience, empowering new voices on and off our stages, and making sure everyone in our community has access to and ownership of the art we create.  As we move forward with those goals in mind, the first step is educating ourselves in this lifelong process.

While our stream goes silent this weekend, our staff will be listening to, reading, watching, and hearing the resources below.  Please join us and help us on the journey to be an actively anti-racist institution and community.

Read and Listen

The 1619 Project and the introductory essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones

OR listen here. 

How to Be an Anti-Racist

by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

He talks about the ideas in the book at The Aspen Ideas Festival. You can watch it here. 

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas

Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism 

by bell hooks

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Me and White Supremacy

by Layla Saad

Watch her Instagram TV series here.

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Codeswitch NPR Podcast

Watch

Brown Eye, Blue Eye

Trevor Noah

For Kids

Sesame Street Program on Racism on CNN

Films

13th documentary on Netflix

If Beale Street Could Talk movie on Hulu

Moonlight on Netflix

When They See Us on Netflix

Dear White People on Netflix

More Resources

Campaign  Zero

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

Online Program

Just Ask

(Unfiltered Questions and Answers on Race Relations in America Today)

Sunday, June 7 at 7:00 pm

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Join ArtsCentric Artistic Director, Kevin S. McAllister and Company Manager, Shayla Lowe for monthly discussions in the performing arts. ArtsCentric is a color-conscious organization committed to reexamining traditional roles in the arts. In that reexamination, ArtsCentric aims to open new pathways for more diversity, equity, and inclusion in the performing arts on all levels. Throughout the series, Kevin and Shayla aim to bring awareness to a wide range of perspectives, while celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our community and also defining the next steps in the performing arts ensuring progress continues.