The Public Housing Community Fund invites you to an engaging and thought-provoking panel exploring the intersection of art and civic life.

Artists today are not only creators — they are storytellers, organizers, and civic actors. This conversation will examine how artists engage with public housing communities, activism, and cultural storytelling to shape public narratives and drive meaningful community impact.

The panel will also reflect on The Village People, an exhibition that asks who and what makes a city a city. Through discussions of housing inequity, policing, development, mutual aid, and cultural identity, the exhibition positions art as both a mirror to the systems that shape urban life and an active civic practice that invites collective responsibility and shared accountability.

Moderator: Alyssa Alexander

Featuring Panelists

• Joseph Cochran
• Kemi Karim
• Kyla Goss
• Justin Sterling
• Marcus Manganni

After-Panel Mixer:

Continue the conversation at Threes Brewing
333 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Beginning at 8:00 PM

Free and open to the public. RSVP required below or by email, events@communityfund.nyc. Light refreshments will be served.