Calling all organizers looking to scale their practice! A4 and MoCADA are pleased to present a talk with Kei Williams, founding member of Black Lives Matter New York City. Kei will be sharing about their decentralized framework and approach to scaling their organizing practice as an activist at the intersections of race, climate, and gender.

This talk is part of an ongoing series created for the Bandung Residency, an opportunity designed to uplift artists, educators, and organizers whose work is intended to foster solidarity between AAPI and Black communities.

This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required. In addition to Zoom, the event will be livestreamed on the MoCADA website.

Accessibility:
If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please email programs@aaartsalliance.org.

Recordings:
This event will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube after it concludes.

About the Bandung Residency
The residency is named for the groundbreaking 1955 summit held in Bandung, Indonesia, bringing together leaders from 29 newly independent Asian and African states emerging from colonial rule, with the aim of ending racial discrimination and ensuring collaboration and a peaceful coexistence. This Residency is made possible through the NYS AAPI Community Fund, Ford Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and Apicha Community Health Center.

About Kei Williams
Kei Williams (they/them) is a queer transmasculine organizer, artist, and historian. A founding member of Black Lives Matter New York City, the aim of Kei’s work is to transform global culture from the individual into a systemic analysis of structural oppression. They use decentralization as a framework to approach their organizing, relationships, and political theory of change. Kei joined Black Gotham Experience in November 2016, a visual storytelling project elevating the impact of the African Diaspora by remembering together through walks, talks, and artistic commissions.

Currently, Kei serves as Interim executive director for NEW Pride Agenda. They also are a Mellon Fellow Faculty Member at The New School, where they co-teach a Media Theory course. In 2022, Kei was honored with the Black Voices for Black Justice Award for their contributions as an activist working at the intersections of racial, climate, and gender justice.

They reside in Queens, with their dog Spartacus and inherited plants.