Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Opening Day 2: Art as Democratic Imagination

Dr. Sarah Lewis and Sherrilyn Ifill open Day Two of Vision & Justice Now by reflecting on art’s enduring role in shaping democratic imagination. They remind us that creative courage — through culture, storytelling, and scholarship — is essential to sustaining freedom and belonging in a time of division.

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Dr. Sarah Lewis

Sherrilyn Ifill

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Dr. Sarah Lewis

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

Sherrilyn Ifill

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

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