REFRAMING RACIAL JUSTICE IN CREATIVE COMMUNITIES: Joshua V. Barr

900 Keosauqua Way,Des Moines IA 50309

31 October, 2021

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Join Mainframe Studios, SURJ, and Joshua V. Barr as he presents 'The R-Word: The Fear of Talking about and Addressing Race' Mainframe Studios, along with its artists and board of directors, are proud to partner with SURJ to present Reframing Racial Justice in Creative Communities. Please join us for the first event in this series featuring Joshua V. Barr and his talk: The R-Word: The Fear of Talking about and Addressing Race. Joshua V. Barr is an Emmy Award-Winning visionary and policy change strategist for the betterment of community. He is the former Director of the Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Commission, and Founder and Chief Strategist of Raising The Barr, LLC. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., program starts at 5:00 p.m.Free & open to the publicCash bar and complimentary snacksSpace is limited Raising the Barr, LLC and its founder Joshua V. Barr are visionary disruptors of the status quo focused on the development of corporate, government, and community transformation strategies. Raising the Barr, LLC lifts organizations to new heights by improving the company’s performance, productivity, and revenues by enriching the organization’s human capital, i.e. the employees. Raising the Barr, LLC conducts seminars, dialogues, and workshops designed to cultivate an organization’s human capital in order to improve an organization’s bottom line and mission. Learn more at https://www.raisingthebarrllc.com. Mainframe Studios believes that creative ideas can best be realized in spaces where anti-oppressive policies are nurtured. In 2020 Mainframe Studios, with the support of its tenants and board of directors, vowed to purposefully identify, discuss, and challenge issues of race and the impact they have on our organization, its systems, and the artists who work here. To effectively carry out our commitments, expanding our knowledge, awareness and community is vital. We have partnered with the Des Moines chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) to develop a four-part speaker series featuring regional leaders who are especially skilled in helping further diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Mainframe Studios is honored to host these guests and their participatory sessions for the benefit of our internal progress, and to offer them to the public. Mainframe Studios is a nonprofit providing permanent affordable workspace to artists of all disciplines. We are transforming Central Iowa’s art scene by creating a financially self-sustaining economic and cultural driver, serving as a national model that stands the test of time. Learn more at mainframestudios.org. Des Moines SURJ is a local chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, a national network of organizations and individuals committed to organizing white people for racial justice as part of a multi-racial movement led by people of color. Learn more at dsmsurj.org.