VIDEO: Northern Illinois University's Theatre and Dance Students Host BLACK ART MATTERS Open Mic Night

By: Stephi Wild Jul. 30, 2020

NIU SoTD's Student Advisory Committee hosted its first Black Art Matters open mic night on July 10, to celebrate and lift the voices of Black artists in their community.

"We want to use our platform not only to help Black voices to be heard in our theatre community, but to hopefully influence other theatre companies and schools to do the same," the video's caption reads.

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