Every challenge we face today from climate, economic crisis, flawed democracy, racism, class conflict, discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality, technology and markets, communications, and public health is global in character. Yet the precepts, actors, and institutions of democracy we rely on to address these challenges are still locked up inside sovereign states pursuing the old logic of independence. But in an interdependent world of problems and opportunities without borders, we also need citizens without borders – democracy without borders. If we are to survive negative interdependence and flourish in liberty and mutual benefit, we must either globalize progressive, culturally diverse democracy or culturally democratize progressive globalization.
The 2015 Interdependence Day Forum is the 13th annual gathering of distinguished international speakers including leaders in culture, politics, education and faith all of whom believe in the need for an interdependent world and their responsibility to achieve this vision.
Citizen-artists, intellectuals, educators, and related civic activists have been central to implementing interdependence day goals and projects. The overarching theme of Interdependence Day 2015 is “Artists, culture, and the transformative power of the arts.”
Over one afternoon, we present a program of socially engaging civic and social-change artists, art, and networking, providing an intense and inspiring environment for advancing the vision and reality of the progressive Interdependence Movement.
For more information, see http://www.interdependenceday2015.org
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12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Arrival and Registration, coffee and tea provided (free)
1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Artists, culture, and the transformative power of the arts
Introduction by Jacqueline Z. Davis, Executive Director of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (5 minutes)
Historical overview of Interdependence Day achievements, and future prospects by Benjamin Barber, Founder, Interdependence Movement (15 minutes)
Citizen-Artist Context 2015 Interdependence Day by James Early, former Cultural Heritage Policy Director, the Smithsonian Institution (10 minutes)
1 1:30 p.m.-1:50 pm Presentation No. 1
Kathleen Chalfant, award-winning stage and screen actor, will give a live reading of excerpts from Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’, a play based on the spoken and written testimony of Guantánamo detainees, lawyers, and public officials.
Followed by an interview with Kathleen Chalfant regarding the impact of performance related to challenging questions.
Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’ originated in London’s Tricycle Theatre, Nicolas Kent, Artistic Director. Assembled by Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo and directed by Nicolas Kent and Sasha Wares. A play based on the spoken and written testimony of Guantánamo detainees, lawyers, and public officials.
1:50 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Audience engagement
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Presentation No. 2
Anne Hamburger, Executive Producer of En Garde Arts, will show clips from BASETRACK Live followed by a conversation with Art DeGroat, Lt. Colonel (retired) Founder and Director of Military Affairs and Education Outreach, Kansas State University about the impact of performance on the lives of servicemen and servicewomen, veterans and their families.
A gripping fusion of music, film, photojournalism and performance, BASETRACK Live explores the impact of war on veterans and their families. Created by Edward Bilous, with music by Michelle DiBucci, Greg Kalember and Bilous, directed by Seth Bockley, adapted by Jason Grote, with Bockley and Anne Hamburger. Created in collaboration with the corpsmen and families of the 1st Battalion/8th Marines.
2:30 p.m.-2:45 pm: Coffee break
2:45 p.m.-3:30 pm Presentation No. 3
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din (Digital Storytelling, Ashoka) and Musa Syeed (independent filmmaker) discuss how they use film and new media to highlight the diversity of Muslim voices and through the power of storytelling, that helps to change the monolithic narrative about Muslims that too often prevails in the U.S.. Musa Syeed has created films that provide personal stories based in the United States as well as in Kashmir. Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, through his project Me/We Syria, has provided training workshops in digital storytelling that empowers Syrian youth in refugee camps who are now creating their own films about their lives in the camps. By making their work available on-line,they provide a more nuanced understanding of Syria today, focusing on the creative self-expression and the change maker spirit of youth.
Musa Syeed is an independent Kashmiri-American filmmaker and writer. He has produced a number of films including Valley of Saints shot in Kashmir during the curfew of Fall 2010, Bronx Princess which follows a New York teenager reuniting with her royal father in Africa, and The Calling, a documentary mini series following young people training to become religious leaders in America. Syeed will show clips from his film on Kashmir and speak about his work as a film artist: first in giving voice in his films and second in his work as a teacher and mentor to youth who do not have access to these skills to tell the stories of their communities. He will speak to the power of storytelling to give access.
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din is an artist, activist and global scholar, having won the Fulbright Fellowship Award and he is recognized as a Fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Mohsin’s storytelling initiative, Me/We, activates young change-makers through the powerful process of storytelling and creative enterprise. In his latest project, Me/We Syria, he is training Syrian youth refugees and youth mentors on how to replicate the Me/We curriculum for at-risk youth of Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp, employing digital storytelling and solution-based journalism towards making change. Moshin Mohi Ud Din is part of the NY based rock band Zerobridge, who are releasing their next album this year, and toured extensively in regions including Morocco, Malaysia, and war torn Kashmir. His monthly column in the Huffington Post focuses on human rights, changemakers and cultural dialogue. He is currently the Director of Storytelling for Ashoka’s Youth Venture. Twitter: @mohsindin.
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din (Digital Storytelling, Ashoka) and Musa Syeed (independent filmmaker) use film and new media to highlight the diversity of Muslim voices and through the power of storytelling, help to change the monolithic narrative about Muslims that too often prevails in the U.S. Musa Syeed has created films that provide personal stories based in the United States as well as in Kashmir. Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, through his project Me/We Syria, has provided training workshops in digital storytelling that empower Syrian youth in refugee camps. These young Syrians are now creating their own films, and by making their work available on-line, provide a more nuanced understanding of Syria focusing on the creative self-expression and the change maker spirit of youth.
3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: James Early explores current race issues in the U.S.
4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Wrap up discussion with James Early, the artists.
Jamie Bennett, Executive Director at ArtPlace America
4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m: Brainstorm on interdependence with our audience/participants.
Led by James Early. Reflecting on Benjamin Barber’s opening overview of Interdependence Day achievements to date, how can Interdependence Day philosophy and projects be institutionalized throughout national and global networks of networks?
5:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Interdependence Award
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Reception with all Invitees: All Interdependence attendees of the past, arts groups, city leaders.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY, 10023 (917) 275-6975
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