REFRAMING RACIAL JUSTICE IN CREATIVE COMMUNITIES: Jordan W. Brooks

900 Keosauqua Way,Des Moines IA 50309

17 April, 2022

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Join Mainframe Studios, SURJ, and Jordan W. Brooks as he guides an exploration of creative resistance as a liberative way of being. 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 final event in this series featuring Jordan W. Brooks and his talk: Creative Approach to Identity: Creative resistance as a liberative way of being. Attendees will explore the ways in which creativity, when coupled with truth telling and shared vision, can mobilize resistance to various forms of oppression and influence sustainable change for communities. 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 Jordan W. Brooks is owner of KNWSLF and Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Student Success at Iowa State University. Jordan is an innovative and highly engaging professional who is passionate about identity exploration and development, institutional and systemic change, and authentic creative expression. Jordan founded, KNWSLF: Creative Approach to Identity Development, to engage others with creative exercises to develop their cultural identities and build inclusive communities. Jordan's experience and areas of expertise are intercultural/multicultural affairs, residence education, FYE development and assessment, co-curricular program development and assessment, advising, leadership development, service-learning, training, and facilitation. https://www.knwslf.com https://bit.ly/ReflectionGroup 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.