Watts Village Artistic Dir. to Moderate Sessions at Empowerment Summit 1/14
On Saturday, January 14 on USC's Tutor Campus, Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC) will partner with LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas' Empowerment Congress Arts & Culture Committee to present "The Empowerment of Art" during the 20th Anniversary Empowerment Congress Summit. "The Empowerment of Art" includes a series of interactive performances, workshops and reflections on how the arts educate and empower our underserved communities in LA's 2nd district.
WVTC's Artistic Director, Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez, will moderate the sessions, which will include performances by WVTC and the Los Angeles Poverty Department as well as screenings from the Wende Museum, Performing Arts for Life and Education Foundation (PALEF) and Streetlamp Studio.
Also featured during the summit will be Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network and host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, as the keynote speaker and Warren Olney, Host and Executive Producer of KCRW's "Which Way, LA?" and "To The Point," as the MC, as well as Marina Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and Hill Harper, award-winning actor best known for his portrayal of Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on CBS's CSI: NY and author of several books, including "The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place."
See below for a full list of participant organizations.
For more information on "The Empowerment of Art" and to RSVP, visit http://ecacc.eventbrite.com.
For more information on the Summit visit http://empowermentcongress.org.
Participant Arts Organizations
24th St Theatre
Arts for LA
Department of Cultural Affairs, LA
Ebony Repertory Theatre
LA Commons
Lennox Arts & Culture Committee
Los Angeles Ballet
Los Angeles Poverty Department
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Make Music Los Angeles
Outfest
Performing Arts for Life and Education Foundation
Rogue Machine Theatre Company
Sacred Fools Theatre Company
Southern California Library
Streetlamp Studio
The World Stage
Towne St Theatre
Watts Village Theater Company
Wende Museum
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