Forum for Social Action, Round 2!
Phase 2 of the ongoing series of Forums for Social Action. In this second session, artists of all disciplines, students, educators, activists, and community organizers jump into creating and committing to Action Groups based on what we identify as immediate community needs. In this second round of the Forum for Social Action, our nation will find itself with a new President, and with all the issues that are already present in our world, there will be another new perspective from which to view what we need to tackle as people who believe that through action, we CAN create a more just society. Together, we will identify issues that we want to address immediately as a cohort and create actionable measures. We need all voices, so bring yours and bring a friend!
Jennifer Ifil-Ryan is and Artist Educator and Arts Administrator, and she has recently founded Urban Soul Alliance, a non-profit working toward promoting and establishing equity through the arts. She is currently the Director of Education for the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, an adjunct professor at City College, and was the keynote speaker at the 2016 NYCMER conference, presented at the 2016 Lincoln Center for Arts Education Social Justice Conference, and the 2016 Arts in Education Roundtable in New York City. With over a decade of classroom experience, Jennifer is deeply familiar with multicultural learning environments and the educational challenges of impoverished and under-resourced communities. She has expertise in conceptualizing, devising and implementing frameworks for culturally relevant, hands-on, self-driven pedagogy, and creating and managing programs that prioritize diversity and inclusion. In her previous positions with Queen Museum, Studio in a School, and Casita Maria, she developed programs with higher education institutions, designed and facilitated training for teaching artists, and provided professional development for various stakeholders in the arts. Jennifer is driven by her passion for social transformation, advocacy for equitable living conditions, and the belief that the arts are an extremely effective tool for building foundations toward those ends.
Read MoreJennifer Ifil-Ryan is and Artist Educator and Arts Administrator, and she has recently founded Urban Soul Alliance, a non-profit working toward promoting and establishing equity through the arts. She is currently the Director of Education for the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, an adjunct professor at City College, and was the keynote speaker at the 2016 NYCMER conference, presented at the 2016 Lincoln Center for Arts Education Social Justice Conference, and the 2016 Arts in Education Roundtable in New York City. With over a decade of classroom experience, Jennifer is deeply familiar with multicultural learning environments and the educational challenges of impoverished and under-resourced communities. She has expertise in conceptualizing, devising and implementing frameworks for culturally relevant, hands-on, self-driven pedagogy, and creating and managing programs that prioritize diversity and inclusion. In her previous positions with Queen Museum, Studio in a School, and Casita Maria, she developed programs with higher education institutions, designed and facilitated training for teaching artists, and provided professional development for various stakeholders in the arts. Jennifer is driven by her passion for social transformation, advocacy for equitable living conditions, and the belief that the arts are an extremely effective tool for building foundations toward those ends.
