Through video and photographic work, entitled Building a Better Table and You’re Welcome (commissioned by Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center), Southern Equality Studios artists Liz Williams and Murray invite the viewer to explore their role in taking or having a ‘seat at the table’ – that is, how we use our voices and positions to enact social change. The work encourages viewers to acknowledge how their own place in the world may relate to the representation and liberation of BIPOC and queer people.
How can you help build a better table? Here are some resources to help:
Issue Spotlight Reports
Teach Our History
- Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth
- Learning for Justice
- Blue Ridge Pride: Oral History Project
Pay Reparations
- Brookings: Why We Need Reparations for Black Americans
- The Case for Reparations: By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Teach Our LGBTQ Rights Are Civil Rights
- NC is Ready, a project of Campaign for Southern Equality and Equality NC
- Campaign for Southern Equality
- Equality NC
- Asheville City Schools Foundation
- GLAAD’s Resource List
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Respect Everyone’s Pronouns
- Business Insider Story: What to Know About Gender Pronouns, How to Use Them, and Why They’re Important
- SC United for Justice & Equality: Gender Pronouns – What They Are And Why They Matter
- International Pronouns Day: Resource about this day, the third Wednesday of October
Read More Books by People Who Don’t Look Like You
End Classist Behavior
House the Houseless
Contribute to Mutual Aid, Through Time, Talent, or Treasure
- Manna Food Bank
- Asheville Poverty Initiative
- Racial Justice Coalition, Mutual Aid Resources
- Asheville Survival Program
Confront Bigotry – Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Do It
- Stop AAPI Hate
- Building Bridges Asheville, Articles Worth Reading
- INCITE!
Normalize Challenging Whitewashed History
Look Up BIPOC Businesses, Support Them, and Offer Your Services
- The Color of Asheville
- The Ade Project, Artist Directory
- The Ade Project, Facilitators
Don’t Gaslight the BIPOC Community
- Southern Coalition for Social Justice
- Building Bridges AVL
- Refinery 29: What Are Microagression and Racial Gaslighting?
Stop the Erasure of BIPOC Culture
Speak Out Against Xenophobia
- Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association: Coronavirus 2019 Resources
Invest in Migrant Communities
- United We Dream
- CIMA: Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción
End Ableist Language and Make Your Environment More Accessible
- Disability Rights Advocates
- Pisgah Legal Services
- Queering Disability Justice, a series by the Campaign for Southern Equality
- Americans with Disabilities Act
When There Are Environmental Disasters, Don’t Ignore Us
- Green Opportunities
- Legal Analysis: “Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Environmental Racism Produce Perfect Storm of Inequality”
Honor Our Humanity and Practice Yours
Special Thanks
Thank you to our Immersive Technologies Sponsor, Elumenati Immersive Projection Design, for the support in making this work possible.
