Dialogues on Resisting and Thriving
Launched in 2012, Dialogues on Resisting and Thriving is one of the Braxton Institute’s longest-standing and most beloved programs. What began as in-person gatherings has since evolved into a hybrid forum, blending online accessibility with the intimacy of community exchange.
At its heart, the series is a space of public discourse where leaders from the arts, law, education, spiritual, and religious communities come together to confront systemic oppression and to share pathways of resilience, healing, and creative transcendence.
Over the years, Dialogues have welcomed a wide range of powerful voices—including Nkechi Taifa, Mark Osler, Mélisande Short-Colomb, Dr. Warrenetta Mann, Richael Faithful, Dr. Derek McQueen, Dr. Jody Allen, Alice Marie Johnson, and others—each offering their own lens of courage and wisdom.
By fostering conversation across disciplines and traditions, Dialogues invites us not only to resist structures of harm but also to imagine and embody thriving futures.
Golden Repair: Reparations & the Arts
Join us on Wednesday evening, October 15th from 6:00-8:30 PM EST for our upcoming Dialogues on Resisting & Thriving, “Golden Repair: Reparations & the Arts.”
This session will be held virtually. Registration and authentication are required. Register here.
“Golden Repair: Reparations and the Arts” features Shalom Parker. Shalom is first and foremost a person. One who loves people and loves making art, specifically ceramics. She is an abolitionist who consistently dreams about a world in which everyone has the space to thrive. One of the ways that she has used her passions is as an Art Therapist at the Chicago Torture Justice Center, leading the Therapy and Holistic Healing team as they journey on the path towards healing with survivors of police torture and other state violence. Shalom is also a dog mom, a lover of theatre, music, good food, traveling, reading, and finding time to just be.
Program moderated by Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton. Additional details to follow.
Subsequent Dialogues will follow on November 19th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST and on December 17th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST. Additional details to be announced.