In my 10 years of impact work there’s never been a plan that didn’t require a pivot. But no one could predict the upheaval of the past several months with the COVID pandemic triggering

I’ve noticed recently an increase in the practice of Native Land Acknowledgement at conferences, cultural events, film screenings, services and gatherings. According to the US Department of Arts and Culture’s website the practice has been adopted “from countries like New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and tribal nations of the US” where the Acknowledgement is custom, even policy. The invocation is made prior to the program to identify, affirm and honor the presence of traditional indigenous inhabitants of the land on which we currently inhabit.

MBG was very excited to work with Sally Rubin and Ashley York to present an impact screening of their documentary “hillbilly” in Washington, DC in December. The film was hosted by The LINE Hotel in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood.

In a time of heightened awareness about racial injustice, sexual harassment, immigration, gender, politics, within an atmosphere and culture that encourages the combative debate…How do you have a conversation about race around the holiday dinner table?