Justice, Equity,
Diversity, & Inclusion
In this section, we cover everything from Social Justice to Climate Justice and beyound!
Climate Justice is a term linked to a movement intrinsically related to Social Justice that acknowledges climate change can have differing social, economic, public health, and other adverse impacts on people, communities, and ecosystems globally. Climate justice is a concept that addresses the ethical dimensions of climate change, and climate justice in producing practices requires artists’ acknowledgment of the short and long-term impacts of production for the planet and all living things, now, and generations to come.
Going hand-in-hand with inclusion and accessibility, social justice solidarity is about using your platform appropriately to meaningfully and respectfully support causes aimed at promoting equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities. Being an artist naturally lends itself to this work. However, the way forward isn't always clear, especially when funds are limited.
What is Community Engagement? It depends on who’s asking. Community can mean different things to different people. Generally, a community is a group of people that share some kind of commonality.
A Community Partnership is a relationship between your arts collective or organization and a non-arts organization or collective. This differs from a corporate sponsorship or private funding relationship as there is generally no exchange of funds or goods. Community partnerships often meet a more social service or community-oriented purpose.
Social Design is the strategy and implementation of online tools to deepen or broaden the artistic nature of a live performance. There are three types of social design that mobilize digital tools like social media, live-streaming, green-screen technology, online forums, teleconferencing software, etc.