We’ll hear from movement organizers and arts and cultural workers who are rolling up their sleeves to make a Green New Deal a reality. Then, we’ll share opportunities to take next steps together.

Join us to learn about the science behind climate change predictions, and to hear stories of creative leaders who imagine with their hands, creating the best case scenarios for a just climate future through their visions and community work.

On this kick-off call for our Artists Unite for a Green New Deal Summer Call Series, we’ll de-wonkify some of the policy concepts of the Green New Deal and celebrate our role as artists to find the poetry in the policy.

Hosted in partnership with 400 Years of Inequality: A People’s Observance for a Just Future, this salon explores place-based creative strategies for truth-telling and collective healing.

The USDAC offers free training sessions for Story Circle facilitators and scribes. Each training session combines presentations with interactive conversation, learning how to facilitate a Story Circle by doing one.

The USDAC offers free training sessions for Story Circle facilitators and scribes. Each training session combines presentations with interactive conversation, learning how to facilitate a Story Circle by doing one.

During this Citizen Artist Salon, we’ll get ready for the Global Climate Action Summit by hearing from leaders of three projects centering art to build power and confront the climate crisis—and we’ll discuss ways that we can all step up our creative action.

Art & Well-Being Citizen Artist Salon takes place on Wednesday, July 25 at 6pm EDT/3pm PDT. Join John Govea, Marina Tsaplina, Veena Vasista, and Arlene Goldbard to talk about what you can do to build a culture of health.

This year, the Public Forum is proud to host The Poetic Address to the Nation in partnership with the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture. In this culmination of the 2018 People's State of the Union, an amazing line-up of playwrights, poets, and musicians will create a stirring evening of performances drawn from two weeks of Story Circles across the country.