Uprising + 5 – Activists

A black and white photograph of people in Baltimore, moving quickly. They are on the street outside a CVS Pharmacy, and one person looks towards the camera. They are black and they have a bandana covering their mouth. The words “Current Voices: Uprising +5 - Activists, Thursday, May 21st, 7:00pm. Presented by the Jewish Museum of Maryland in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

Uprising + 5 – Activists

Date

May 21 2020
, 7PM- 8PM

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Recorded on Thursday, May 21st at 7:00 pm EST

JMM is honored to host a special live stream panel discussion with female-identifying activists to share their ongoing work in remembrance of the 5-year anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising. These activists strive to bring our city together as a safe place for all our residents and visitors. They, along with many others throughout our city, have worked to understand what led to the violence and inequality highlighted by the Uprising, while also seeking to address the root causes of injustice in Baltimore.

Meet The Panelists

Megan Kenny

Born and raised in CA suburbia, Megan Kenny has lived in Baltimore for 11 years. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Yale University and a Master’s in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University. While she had protested a number of events in her life, she only began to internalize the depths in which anti-Blackness and white supremacy operate when Trayvon Martin was killed. The death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent Uprising of 2015 further challenged Kenny to reflect on her privilege and led to her begin the lifelong journey of unlearning all the conditioning she, as an able-bodied, white, cis woman, had undergone. Currently, Kenny is waiting out the pandemic at home and continues to fight to Free Keith Davis Jr. and all others forced to live in a cage.

Lisa Snowden-McCray

Lisa Snowden-McCray has been working in news for over 15 years. She specializes in reporting on race, policing, and Baltimore City. She is also the editor of Baltimore Beat, a nonprofit news outlet in Baltimore City.

Tawanda Jones

Tawanda Jones is the sister of Tyrone West; she and her family started “West Wednesday,” a weekly protest and safe ground to speak out against police brutality and murder. She is also the founder of West Correlation. Jones and her supporters have moved West Wednesdays online, featuring the family members of victims of police violence from around the country on a weekly live stream. In addition to this weekly work, Jones also works to change laws at the state level. She is the mother of four children, a pre-k teacher and a freedom fighter.

This program is presented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Support for the program has been provided by Open Society Institute-Baltimore. Donations to help us continue to serve you—from a safe distance—are appreciated, but not required. All donations will be split evenly between JMM and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and can be made here.

Watch the first program from this series, Current Voices: Uprising + 5, a discussion with photographers J.M. Giordano and Devin Allen, here.

   

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