Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Resistance to state violence has been a constant of Black life in America. At its best, this resistance has been intergenerational and transnational. This conversation will gather activists across generations to discuss the importance of continued resistance to state violence and why it benefits us all.
Panelists:
Angela Davis; political activist, professor, and author
Michael Tubbs; founder of End Poverty in California (EPIC)
Rosa Clemente; journalist, political commentator, scholar-activist
Dorsey Nunn; executive director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)
Lateefah Simon; president of MeadowFund
Pastor Michael McBride; executive director of Live Free USA (moderator)
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
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.
Learn more about the exhibition: famsf.org/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley-an-archaeology-of-silence
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Resistance to state violence has been a constant of Black life in America. At its best, this resistance has been intergenerational and transnational. This conversation will gather activists across generations to discuss the importance of continued resistance to state violence and why it benefits us all.
Panelists:
Angela Davis; political activist, professor, and author
Michael Tubbs; founder of End Poverty in California (EPIC)
Rosa Clemente; journalist, political commentator, scholar-activist
Dorsey Nunn; executive director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)
Lateefah Simon; president of MeadowFund
Pastor Michael McBride; executive director of Live Free USA (moderator)
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
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.
Learn more about the exhibition: famsf.org/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley-an-archaeology-of-silence
Subscribe to our channel: https://dey.ng/our-channel
Don’t miss our upcoming programs! Sign up for our newsletter: https://dey.ng/newsletter
