“What it means to belong,” the second presentation in Ashland Sunrise Project’s speaker series, will be held 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 27, at Carpenter Hall, 44 S. Pioneer St., Ashland.

The presentation is a conversation among community activist Cassie Preskenis, local artist Micah Blacklight, Oregon Remembrance Project founder Taylor Stewart, and host Tara Houston, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s community and engagement manager.

Blacklight and Preskenis are members of the Say Their Names collective, which is working to erect a sculpture in Ashland to honor the lives of people of color killed by systemic injustices. Blacklight and Preskenis will share the vision for their monument, the importance of Black art, and ways community members can support the expansion of Black identity in Ashland.

Preskenis will present her short video “Say Their Names,” which includes interviews with people of color in our community.

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