In the face of rising censorship and cultural erasure, storytelling is resistance.
Mirror Stage, in collaboration with Humanities Washington, launches Holding The Moment: A New Speaker Series—a bold new series for voices fighting to be heard. Every other month, we host artists, educators, journalists, and activists who challenge systems of silence and invisibility through the power of story.
Beginning our series is Luther Adams- Free Man of Color: A Space for Black History, an associate professor of ethnic, gender, and labor studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma. As a student and teacher of Black history and culture, his work brings together the interdisciplinary study of urban, southern, labor, and religious history to understand Black culture and life. He is following up his first book, Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970, with a history of African Americans’ long struggle with and against police brutality.
These interactive events explore identity, memory, politics, and art—connecting personal truth to collective liberation. From confronting anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric to exposing cultural appropriation and reclaiming erased histories, each talk invites us to resist oppression and build belonging.
Free and open to all ages, each 60-minute talk includes time for Q&A. Come listen. Speak up. Take part.
