Wisconsin Idea Spotlight: Arts as Activism 

A panel discussion presented by the Badger community and the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) at the Overture Center for the Art. The panel featured OMAI’s First Wave alumni, including poet-playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza ’15 and poet Danez Smith ’12 in conversation with UW Division of the Arts director Chris Walker and moderated by UW deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion LaVar Charleston MS’07, PhD’10.