A Note from Our Executive Director

Honestly, I struggled with what to say to the Lehigh Valley community about this project. Traveling While Black is personal to me. When I hear recent stories, like the one about the young girl in Caldwell, New Jersey who had the police called on her while she was out trying to help her community, I am saddened. When I read of the lacrosse team from Delaware State University who had their bus searched with drug sniffing dogs, I am worried.

Every time we seem to move forward, there are more stories that show how far we need still need to go. I believe the arts are what keep us moving forward. The arts have been used as a powerful tool for marginalized voices to share their stories. The arts shine a light in places we want to keep hidden.

This virtual reality installation and series of community conversations are a wonderful example of arts in action. I believe the arts can be used as a tool to bring our diverse communities together to converse, to explore, to question, to examine, to imagine, and to empathize with each other.

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Mark Fitzgerald Wilson