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8:00am PST

Check-In Desk Open Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA ACTIVATIONS OPEN Japanese American National Museum, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCACassils • Rafa Esparza • Favianna Rodriguez • Marc Gottesman • Russell Craig • Jesse Krimes • Lyndon Barrois • Writing on the Wall • Paula Crown • Alixa Garcia • Coby Kennedy • Karen Ishizuka • Steve Locke • Muna Malik • Emily Hanako Momohara • Kambui Olujimi • Aaron Huey • Mark Strandquist • Creative Time • Chris Berntsen & Stephen Ira UnGuided Meditation Room Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center, Japanese American National MuseumAmelia Winger-Bearskin FFCon Lounge Open Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National Museum

8:30am PST

Bayeté Ross Smith 360 VR Experience Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National MuseumBayeté Ross Smith

10:00am PST

Opening Ceremony Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAAja Monet • Samora Pinderhughes • Eryn Allen Kane • Klaus Biesenbach • Amanda Hunt • Rick Noguchi • Kamal Sinclair • Michelle Woo Tsuru For Solidarity Workshop Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAEmily Hanako Momohara • Tsuru for Solidarity

11:00am PST

By The People, For The People: Public Art in the 21st Century Tateuchi Democracy Forum, Japanese American National MuseumBMike • taylor brock • Sam Giarratini • Patton Hindle • Matthew Schum Freed Between The Lines: Poetry for the People Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAAja Monet Movement in Movement: Exercises for Mind, Spirit and Connection Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCACassils • Rafa Esparza • Yunuen Rhi Rendering Justice: Repairing the Social Fabric Tateuchi Democracy Lab, Japanese American National MuseumRussell Craig • Jesse Krimes Bayeté Ross Smith 360 VR Experience Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National MuseumBayeté Ross Smith Check-In Desk Open Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National Museum

12:00pm PST

Lunch Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

12:10pm PST

Delegate Propositions Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAPola Dobrzynski • Emma Nuzzo • Sarah Perlmutter

1:15pm PST

Planning Sessions: Overview and Goals Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCANarcissister • Lyndon Barrois • Tabitha Jackson • Kamal Sinclair • Michelle Woo

2:00pm PST

#jailbeddrop & It’s Dangerous Times, We Have to Be ConnectedSPOTS OPEN Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA#jailbeddrop • Patrisse Cullors • Alexandre Dorriz • Crenshaw Dairy Mart • Noé Olivas A Dialogue on Community and CollaborationSPOTS OPEN Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCABrett Cook Acknowledgement Beyond GoodwillSPOTS OPEN Tateuchi Democracy Lab, Japanese American National MuseumArtChangeUS • Kapena Alapai • Pamela Villaseñor Future Imagination in Present ActionSPOTS OPEN Tateuchi Democracy Forum, Japanese American National MuseumGuild of Future Architects • Sharon Chang • Lafayette Cruise • Madebo Fatunde • Allyson Green • Tony Patrick • Kamal Sinclair • Robert Sinclair

4:00pm PST

This Is Not A GunFULL Courtyard, Japanese American National MuseumAngela Hennessy • Cara Levine • Candice Price 30 Second Songs of FreedomSPOTS OPEN Plaza Stage, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAAmelia Winger-Bearskin In Plain Sight: Building a MessageSPOTS OPEN Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCACassils • Matthew Dunnerstick • Rafa Esparza • Rebecca Lichtenfeld • Cristy Michel • PJ Raval • Set Hernandez Rongkilyo • Farihah Zaman Miguel Luciano in Conversation with Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu NakauchiSPOTS OPEN Tateuchi Democracy Forum, Japanese American National MuseumMiguel Luciano • Sylvia Mendez • Akiko Nakauchi WHAT DOES YES LOOK LIKE? Safety, Equity, Power: A Vision for Gender JusticeFULL Tateuchi Democracy Lab, Japanese American National MuseumFavianna Rodriguez

5:00pm PST

Bayeté Ross Smith 360 VR Experience Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National MuseumBayeté Ross Smith

5:40pm PST

Day 1 Wrap-Up Warehouse, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAGina Belafonte • Hank Willis Thomas

6:00pm PST

Welcome Reception Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCAJoey Dosik

6:15pm PST

Activations Tour with Daphne Takahashi Plaza, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCADaphne Takahashi