{"id":4315,"date":"2017-10-03T07:15:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/arts-east-new-york-ujima-culture-rising-town-hall-series-recap\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T07:15:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:15:53","slug":"arts-east-new-york-ujima-culture-rising-town-hall-series-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/arts-east-new-york-ujima-culture-rising-town-hall-series-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"ARTs East New York Ujima Culture Rising Town Hall Series Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EVENT RECAP:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday,\u00a0September 28th,\u00a0local arts\u00a0organization\u00a0<strong>ARTs East New York\u00a0<\/strong>held\u00a0the first installment of its\u00a0<strong>Ujima Culture Rising Town Hall\u00a0Series<\/strong>\u00a0hosted by\u00a0<strong>Brian Vines<\/strong>, Senior Anchor\/Host on BRIC TV\u2019s\u00a0BK Live.\u00a0The Town Hall\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Youth Speak&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0surrounded\u00a0the increasing integration of art education and cultural programming in schools\u00a0and explored\u00a0the complexities around the rapidly changing East New York neighborhood, and how the arts play a role in its resistance and as a resource.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Panelist included,\u00a0<strong>Kevin Joseph<\/strong>,\u00a0Co-Founder and Co-Executive Artistic Director,\u00a0Pure Elements,\u00a0<strong>Raymond Johnson<\/strong>, College and Career Planning Manager with the NYC DOE Office of Post-secondary\u00a0Readiness and<strong>\u00a0Lisa Lev<\/strong>y,\u00a0Director of Advocacy and Engagement at The Center for Arts Education.<\/p>\n<p>The Town\u00a0Hall\u00a0series continues<strong>\u00a0Thursday, October 26, 2017\u00a0<\/strong>with moderator Brian Vines panelists\u00a0Betsy McClean and Ana Aguirre exploring the topic of\u00a0Art &amp; Cultural Activities for Community Development, Land-Use, and Economic.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artseastny.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.artseastny.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1507075432540000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHq2qLhcG3Al4E0Qy4jBIV_I-3rA\">www.artseastny.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or on Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/dZs4Xy\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/goo.gl\/dZs4Xy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1507075432540000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUACrM24u2AfKGEjMuVCkU-T2FNQ\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/dZs4Xy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMAGE CAPTION:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Left to Right: Kevin Joseph,\u00a0Pure Elements,\u00a0Raymond Johnson, NYC DOE,\u00a0Lisa Levy,\u00a0The Center for Arts Education,\u00a0Brian Vines,\u00a0BRIC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVENT RECAP: On Thursday,\u00a0September 28th,\u00a0local arts\u00a0organization\u00a0ARTs East New York\u00a0held\u00a0the first installment of its\u00a0Ujima Culture Rising Town Hall\u00a0Series\u00a0hosted by\u00a0Brian Vines, Senior Anchor\/Host on BRIC TV\u2019s\u00a0BK Live.\u00a0The Town Hall\u00a0&#8220;Youth Speak&#8221;\u00a0surrounded\u00a0the increasing integration of art education and cultural programming in schools\u00a0and explored\u00a0the complexities around the rapidly changing East New York neighborhood, and how the arts play a role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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