This workshop is hosted by BLAQN’s founder and CEO, Ashley M. Lyle, and her partner, Dan Johnson. The workshop was created based off of the marvelous statement that Dan wrote (and is available on the BLAQN Website) during the Black Queens on Stage Podcast miniseries: Black Actors Conference. If you haven’t seen it or heard it yet, it is highly recommended that it’s viewed or listened to before attending the workshop. The final episode of the mini-series included a brief summary of the statement (Towards an Anti-Racist Michigan Theatre) as the necessary steps to take to move towards an Anti-Racist theatre community.

In this workshop, you will be a part of the deep dive into the statement, reevaluate what each section means to you, create your own Personal Anti-Racist Policy that you will carry close with you. Having this Personal Policy will guide you and make you hold yourself accountable for standing up against racism and encouraging more inclusive change at your theatre. You will receive a workbook for the discussion and a copy of the Toward an Anti-Racist Michigan Theatre Statement that is REQUIRED to have read before the workshop. The workshop will be recorded, but not displayed. It will be strictly used for internal purposes.

Ashley and Dan’s goal for this workshop is to jumpstart Michigan Theaters on the right path so when theaters come back to a “new normal”, the same racist policies and behaviors don’t come back with it.

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