Monday, October 6, 2025

Carrie Mae Weems, Sherrilyn Ifill and Dr. Sarah Lewis, on Art and Power

Carrie Mae Weems, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Dr. Sarah Lewis reflect on how art challenges structures of power and truth. Their conversation examines how artists and advocates use creative expression to confront injustice, reclaim narrative authority, and drive civic imagination in moments of crisis.

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Carrie Mae Weems

Sherrilyn Ifill

Dr. Sarah Lewis

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Carrie Mae Weems

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Founding Director, 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy, Howard University

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Founder, Vision & Justice; John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

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