(via the Illinois Library Association)
Registration is now open for an upcoming ILA Noon Network webinar, “We Can Walk Together: Creating Meaningful Dialogue on Race in our Communities”. It will take place from 12:00 to 1:00 PM on Wednesday, August 12. More information on the content and the presenter is below.
James A. Bowey, artist and 2020 ILA Conference DiversiTEA speaker, presents a timely discussion on how libraries can create meaningful dialogue about race in their communities. The webinar is based in his current project, “We Can Walk Together”, in which he meets and takes walks with people of color. The result is an exhibition of powerful portraits and deeply personal stories that spark a transformative conversation about race in our individual lives and society. The presentation will provide you with an introduction to the project, as well as specific programming ideas, both in-person and virtual, to engage your communities at this critical juncture of race and justice in America.
James A. Bowey, MFA, is a Chicago-based documentary artist whose work explores issues of human rights and social connection. He has spent his career covering a wide range of global and national stories from the war in Bosnia to Hurricane Katrina. His photography and writing have been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, the Associated Press, as well as in numerous exhibitions. Building on his career as an international photojournalist, editor and professor of art and media, Bowey creates what he calls “interactivations” that combine documentary storytelling, visual art and live programs in an art form that promotes empathy and bridges social divisions. His current projects about refugees and race in America have been presented in dozens of libraries around the country.
To register, please go here.