This is a challenging time for arts organizations, not only because of the coronavirus, but also because social and racial injustices against Americans of color are escalating at a level of national and cultural crisis. Today’s theaters and cultural institutions are – and need to be – engaged in the active fight against this injustice and its deep roots in our culture and in our systems of access and equity. Most of us, including Sandglass, have not met the needs of engagement sufficiently, and need to rise to the moment. Indeed, for much of our country, the MOMENT has been there for most of our history. Rather than ask what took us so long? Let’s just ask what we can do NOW. How can our organizations deepen our engagement and our self-examination? How can we act, free of justifications for our limitations, but full of commitment to confront and change our policies, practices, and, yes, prejudices.

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