Acts of Radical Love Moderated Q&A: Art, Resistance, and Transnational Justice

How can art help us understand struggles for justice across borders? 

Building on Olmeca's performance and artistic practice, this facilitated dialogue invites participants to explore the intersections of art, resistance, cultural memory, and transnational racial and social justice. Drawing connections between local and global struggles, participants will consider how histories of colonization, displacement, racism, and resistance continue to shape communities and movements around the world. 

Through guided conversation, Olmeca and a moderator will examine the role of artists and cultural workers in preserving memory, challenging dominant narratives, and creating new possibilities for collective liberation. Participants will be invited to reflect on the connections between struggles for justice across geographic and cultural contexts and consider how art can serve as a catalyst for empathy, dialogue, critical reflection, and action. 

Olmeca's campus visit is co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Education & Justice, University YMCA, College of Fine & Applied Arts, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Center for Advanced Study, McKinley Foundation, Office for Arts Integration, The Jeffries Center, School of Social Work and Illinois Global Institute's New Approaches to International Area and Global Studies Grant, and Student Affairs Inclusive Excellence Committee.