Culture Working GroupCall all Artists and Cultural Workers Your participation in the social forum is crucial for the development of art movements and the movements for social change. We ask that you consider some critical questions about how or why you should participate. Bring your art and your performances, but also bring your skills and training to engage organizations and organizers on the front line who are inspiring national and global change. Some questions we ask you to consider include: How connected are artists to global movements for economic and social change? Do artists understand neo-liberalism? How do you define the difference between arts as civic engagement and art for social change? Art as dialogue and art as action? How knowledgeable are artists and arts organizations of other groups doing similar and more intensive work? As an artist, cultural worker, or arts based organization what is your political focus? Are you looking at the Gulf Coast disaster, immigrant rights, the political and social cost of war at home and abroad, environmental racism, indigenous sovereignty, AIDS, mental health, and worker rights? Is your work arts driven—or community issues focused? What is the difference in working on issues with front line organizations and organizers versus working with victims of social issues? To join the conversation, join the Culture Working Group and help us bring the arts to the foefront of change in this society and the world. Co-Chairs: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Carlton Turner |