Saturday, April 8, 2023 | 1 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum

This program is included with Museum Admission.

Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we discover how local Afro-futurists are using their creative, technological and entrepreneurial skills at the community grassroots level to envision practical futuristic solutions for a better tomorrow in Bmore and beyond. This panel conversation will include the following Afrofuturists. 

Jason Harris is a Baltimore based futurist, educator and cultural activist. He is the founder and facilitator of the BlkRobot Project. Jason published the speculative fiction anthology,  REDLINES: Baltimore 2028.

Nneka Nnamdi is the founder of Fight Blight Bmore, a community-led economic, environmental and social justice initiative informed by data compiled by her Fight Blight Bmore app. Nneka is a Baltimore based entrepreneur engaged in social mission driven entrepreneurship and community wellness work. 

Safiyah Cheatam is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and researcher passionate about Afrofuturism. Satifyah is a co-creator, producer and writer of OBSIDIAN Podcast,a speculative fiction anthology podcast based in Afrofuturism.

Olu Butterfly Woods is a social entrepreneur and a distinctive performance poet.  Olu has produced a popular artist-development series Organic Soul Tuesdays, a major afrofuture Artscape anchor project (The Mothership Connection), and the B-stage at AFRAM.   She will soon release Jupiter Memoirs: a collection of afro fantasy poems.

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