Participants at the Hammer's 2018 Her Dream Deferred program

Program Series

Her Dream Deferred

Copresented with the African American Policy Forum

In celebration of the black women and girls who have continually been on the front lines of progressive change movements, this three-day series explores their status in the United States, lifting their voices and stories to mobilize intersectional coalitions and find solutions to social injustice. Organized by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Columbia University and UCLA law professor.

For more information and additional events visit aapf.org and follow #HerDreamDeferred.

Header image with word "#MeToo" in white text on a black background

Black Women and the #MeToo Movement

This panel explores the relationship between #MeToo and race.

Tue Mar 26 2019 7:30 PM

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait (detail) by Harvey B. Lindsley, between ca. 1871 and 1876. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Conversations Music & Performance

Harriet’s Political Will: Black Women’s Electoral Strength in an Era of Fractured Politics

An ensemble cast stages a performance that explores the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, followed by a panel exploring the political implications of Tubman’s profound legacy.

Wed Mar 27 2019 7:30 PM

Image from trailer for Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland. Home Box Office, Inc.

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

This documentary follows the case about the 2015 death of Sandra Bland, which galvanized activists across the country.

Thu Mar 28 2019 5:00 PM

Performer at the Hammer's 2018 Say Her Name program

Music & Performance

#SayHerName: The Lives that Should Have Been

This staged reading performance imagines the lives that black mothers, daughters, and sisters may have led had some lives not been cut short by violence.

Thu Mar 28 2019 7:30 PM