voices amplified past events
Voices AMPLIFIED! is a cultural engagement series that celebrates artists from diverse cultures and creates opportunities for discussion, reflection, and new experiences. Each season elevates a different historically underrepresented community while continuing conversations from past seasons.
Explore highlights and recorded live streams from past events!
23/24: Elevating Asian American Voices
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Hip Hop Lab Culture Talk: “Scratch That”
Featuring Hi-Tek, Lite Pole and Marcey Yates, moderated by Kethro
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Feeding the Family: Honoring the Past while Feeding the Future featuring Alan Wang and Carol Wang
Virtual cook-along with No More Empty Pots
Spring Rolls recipe
Buddha’s Delight (Vegetarian Lo Han Jai) recipe
22/23: Sabores de la Cultura Latina | Celebrating the Many Flavors of Latino/Hispanic Culture
- Salsa y Jazz: Una mezcla de Sabores Musicales | Salsa and Jazz: A Mixing of Musical Flavors
- La Cocina de Abuela | Abuela’s Kitchen
- Rhymes and Reason Vol. 2: ¡Levantate! | Stand Up!
21/22: Black & Latino Voices
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Step Up to the Mic
Featuring poets Zedeka Poindexter, Paula Bell, and Shukura Huggins
- A Community Portrait
- Celebrating The Food of Navidad and Kwanzaa
- Rhymes and Reason: Hip Hop Panel Discussion in partnership with Culxr House
- Amplifying Black Women in the Sciences
- 20 Feet From Stardom: The Unsung Stories of Black Women
- Omaha’s Forgotten Century
20/21: Black Voices
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Virtual Panel Discussion of August Wilson's Fences
With Raydell Cordell III, Kathy Tyree, Tyrone Beasley and John Beasley
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Virtual Panel Discussion of Local Filmmakers Making Movies that Move
In partnership with Film Streams, featuring artist Sydney Shead
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Worth a Thousand Words: The Photography of Rudy Smith
With panelists Llana Smith, Kristine Gerber, and Janice Gilmor
- Dinner and Discussion on Food, Health, and the Arts
- The Black Voice in Dance
- “Let America Be America Again”
