Porch Stories: Conversations About Urban Change | Karen Chapple, June Grant, Carolyn Johnson, Susan Moffat, and David Peters (Lecture, 103 minutes)
Abstract
An architect, two theater directors, a scholar of displacement, and two Oakland community leaders joined Future Histories Lab Creative Director Susan Moffat for a wide-ranging conversation about gentrification, community agency, municipal reparations, and the power dynamics of the transitional spaces known as porches. Listen to architect June Grant; Aurora Theater Associate Artistic Director Dawn Monique Williams; Aurora Theater Artistic Director Josh Costello; University of Toronto Professor Karen Chapple; CEO of the Black Cultural Zone CDC Carolyn Johnson; Founder of the Black Liberation Walking Tour David Peters. Co-sponsored by Future Histories Lab and Aurora Theater. In association with the Aurora Theater production of Dael Orlandersmiths’ Stoop Stories. Watch the recording here.