Wednesday, July 15th, 5 – 6:30pm: Affinity Group Panel Discussion I
Intended for Black Women+ musicians, this affinity group panel discussion, featuring members of the Local 802 community, will serve as a safe space to share ideas and experiences as musicians, both from professional and personal perspectives.
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 5 – 6:30pm: Affinity Group Panel Discussion II
Intended for Black Women+ musicians, this affinity group panel discussion, featuring members of the Local 802 community, will serve as a safe space to share ideas and experiences as musicians, both from professional and personal perspectives.
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Wednesday, July 29th, 5 – 6:30pm: All Musician Discussion
This panel discussion welcomes all musicians, not limited to members of Local 802 or Maestra, to join in a conversation about intersectionality, listen to perspectives from the BIPOC+ community, and begin a journey toward actualizing effective growth and change both personally and professionally.
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ABOUT JACQUELINE LAWTON
JACQUELINE E. LAWTON is a playwright, dramaturg, producer, racial equity facilitator, and advocate for Access, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the American Theatre. Her approach to facilitation is anti-racist, anti-bigoted, and intersectional. Her work examines the ways that racism, bigotry, misogyny, and ableism impact policy, practices, and pedagogy. She is centered on the individual, whether you work at a theatre, university, or nonprofit organization, because each of us has an individual and collective responsibility to ourselves and each other. Recent clients have included the English National Opera, James Madison University’s School of Theatre and Dance, Maestra Music, PlayMakers Theatre Company, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a dramaturg for PlayMakers Repertory Company. She is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America and is their NC Regional Rep.
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