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DESCRIPTION:<strong><span style="color: #c21313\;">FREE</strong>\n\nAfter b
 eing arrested at age 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack\, Kalief Browder
  spent three years in the jail complex on Rikers Island\, the main prison 
 compound of New York City renowned for extraordinary levels of violence an
 d disorder. Browder maintained his innocence and during the time spent in 
 Rikers waiting for a trial that never happened\, was subjected to prolonge
 d solitary confinement and intense mental and physical trauma. After 3 yea
 rs\, the case was dropped and after being released\, Browder committed sui
 cide at age 22. May 25\, 2022 would have been Kalief Browder’s 29th birt
 hday.\n\nTo honor Browder’s life and memory\, the plaza at JANM will bec
 ome a site of memorial and action. Mid afternoon\, Whit Hazen Studios will
  create a mixed media tribute to Browder's life\, alongside artist Coby Ke
 nnedy’s installation. The day will conclude with a conversation on incar
 ceration and Art As Social Action\, between artist <strong>Coby Kennedy</
 strong>\, Arts activist <strong>Marsha Reid</strong>\, and Executive Dire
 ctor of <a href="https://www.insideoutwriters.org/our-executive-director"
 >Inside Out Writers</a> <strong>Jimmy Wu</strong>.\n\n<strong>3 - 7 pm: W
 hit McClure creative floral design honors and celebrates Kalief Browder’
 s brief life 'outside of The Box’ with a real time floral tribute creati
 on . Soundscape curated by Kindred Arts.</strong>\n\n<strong>7pm - 8:30pm:
  Conversation with Kennedy\, Reid\, and Wu*</strong>\n\n<em>*RSVPs only ne
 eded for the conversation portion of the program. Tribute to be on display
  outdoors throughout the program.</em>\n\n<a href="http://9644p.blackbaudh
 osting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp\;txobjid=41601d62-7f26-449b-b873-7d448d
 35a269">IN PERSON RSVP</a>      <a href="http://9644p.blackbaudhosting
 .com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp\;txobjid=7a139c69-39ff-4ec1-b9db-c155f1bcc9bb
 ">VIRTUAL RSVP</a>\n\n \n\nAbout <em><strong>Kalief Browder: The Box</st
 rong></em>:\n\nThe National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at th
 e Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) is proud to host Coby Kenn
 edy’s Kalief Browder: The Box to commemorate Black History Month in Los 
 Angeles. By replicating the dimensions of a solitary confinement cell\, th
 is steel and glass work critiques the abuses of civil liberties in America
 n incarceration systems\, introduces viewers to the impacts of mass incarc
 eration\, and invites them to envision a world without prisons.\n\nThe Box
  is one of four large scale sculptures by acclaimed African American artis
 ts Arthur Jafa\, Christopher Myers\, and Hank Willis Thomas. These sculptu
 res are on view at Benny H. Potter Park\, and Leimert Plaza Park. They are
  part of Monumental Tour\, a traveling outdoor exhibit presented by Kindre
 d Arts and the 10th Council District of the City of Los Angeles to examine
  aspects of the African American experience.\n\nThese sculptures invite vi
 ewers to examine themes of colonization\, oppression\, subjugation\, privi
 lege\, Black middle-class labor\, the decline of industry\, as well as Bla
 ck power\, pride\, and joy. NCPD@JANM supports the museum’s mission to e
 xamine the rights\, freedoms\, and fragility of American democracy through
  educational programming. Thus\, as part of its 30th Anniversary JANM welc
 omes this piece to the plaza and is proud to join others in our community 
 as we fight for social justice together.\n
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SUMMARY:Honoring Kalief Browder
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