Broadway Advocacy Coalition's Theater of Change Application open for artists - Broadway Advocacy Coalition

Applications for The Theater of Change are open to New York-based theater practitioners (of any discipline) who are interested in using their artistry for social change. Applications are due before December 4, 2022.



The course will meet in person at Columbia Law School from January 9-13 from 10am-4pm (times subject to change). Participants will be compensated for their participation in the course at $25/hour.



If you have questions about the course, please email leia@bac.nyc.



MORE ABOUT THE COURSE:

In social change work, the arts provides a critical space to imagine alternatives and promote those envisionings as achievable realities. Participants in this course will develop their individual and collective ability to blend artistry, law, policy, and community engagement to produce pieces of impactful artivism in policy spaces where change can happen. This semester will focus on issues of parole justice, redesigning discipline in educational settings, and decriminalization of survivors of domestic violence and will be informed by the expertise of the community leaders present who all have extensive experience both fighting and feeling the effects of these systems. Artists will join forces with law students and community advocates to create performance pieces that envision a path to abolition and strategize how and where these performances can occur to achieve sustainable impact.



The course relies on strategies and practices that center the leadership of people and communities directly impacted by incarceration in policy making, advocacy, and storytelling. Together, participants will build artistic capacity to merge high quality, high impact, rigorous artistry with community narratives, policy analysis, and effective policy advocacy. The goals of this course are not only to facilitate an exchange of ideas across disciplines, but to form lasting partnerships that can continue to generate game-changing work into the future.



Application here: https://forms.gle/FhHbeYHkz4spEPnY6



DURATION

Jan 9, 2023 - Jan 13, 2023
Salary: $25/hour