Join us on Mother’s Day weekend to hear from women who have endured the painful loss of their children to systemic violence. We’ll celebrate their beloved children and hear how they are fighting for justice.
Panelists:
Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner
Wanda Cooper, mother of Ahmaud Arbery
Taun Hall, mother of Miles Hall
Mona Hardin, mother of Ronald Greene DeAnna Joseph,
mother of Andrew Joseph Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant
Moderated by: Pastor Michael McBride In partnership with: Love Not Blood Campaign
About the Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series
This event is part of the Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series, developed in collaboration with Pastor Mike McBride and Sherrie Deans of Live Free USA. This six-part series brings together some of the biggest names in culture, art, sports, and activism. Through panels, performances, and collective healing practices, this series offers a platform to those most impacted by state-sanctioned violence and offers a constructive framework for understanding the intersections of art, suffering, and healing. About Live Free USA Live Free is a nonprofit and social justice network dedicated to ending gun violence, mass incarceration, and mass criminalization through education, advocacy, and direct action. They are driven by a mission to build community power and agency by reimagining public safety and increasing civic engagement. Live Free sees a world with safe, equitable communities for all and where every person is safely and peacefully connected to community.
Sponsors
This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Presenting Sponsors Ford Foundation Google.org Generous Support The Harris Family Charles and Brandi Hudson Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Sonya Yu Additional support is provided by the Adamolekun Family, Lisa Blackwell, Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan, Delvecchio and Kelly Finley, Bryan and Tara Meehan, Elaine A. Mellis, The Plexo Foundation, Soho House, Lisa and Jim Zanze, and the Contemporary Support Council.
Free admission on select weekends is generously underwritten by Google.org. Year-round, Free Saturdays admission for Bay Area residents is generously underwritten by Diane B. Wilsey and programming is supported by the Koret Foundation and Wells Fargo. This Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of Google.org
