Roger Ebert once said “ the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. It lets you understand a little bit more about different hopes, aspirations, dreams and fears. It helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us .”
It is with a similar philosophy that we started the Milwaukee Social Justice Summit, a two day activation at Nō Studios and Marquette University on November 15th and 16th of 2019. The purpose of the summit was to bring together artists of different disciplines who use their talent and vision to create works that don't merely entertain, alongside activists, organizers and social engineers practiced in implementing real world solutions to social issues.