Karen Slack’s #SayTheirNames Project Detailed in Inquirer

Ms. Smith conceived of and performed in the film, which explores the remarkable contributions of Black women to social justice causes.
Karen Slack (Opera ’02) and her new film project, #SayTheirNames, are the focus of a recent feature in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Created for Lyric Fest, the short film uses poetry, art, and song—as performed by Ms. Slack and other Philadelphia artists—to celebrate the “tremendous risk and sacrifice” taken on by such Black women as Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Fanny Lou Hamer, and Kimberlé Crenshaw in their work for social justice.


Read the full article HERE.
Watch the film HERE.
Video contains some graphic content. 

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