BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21948@goriverwalk.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260109T182835Z URL:https://www.goriverwalk.com/greater-fort-lauderdale-events/cultural-co nversation-selma-legacy-liberation SUMMARY:Cultural Conversation "Selma: Legacy & Liberation" DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCultural Conversation "Selma: Legacy\, Lens\, and Liberat ion"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a powerful conversation between entreprene ur and art advocate Doug McCraw and award-winning equity strategist and ac tivist Chevara Orrin\, as they explore the enduring impact of James “Spi der” Martin’s iconic photographs of the 1965 Selma voting rights march es. This panel\, held in conjunction with the Selma Is Now exhibition\, de lves into the intersection of art\, activism\, and historical memory.\n\nM cCraw\, co-founder of FATVillage and a driving force behind the exhibition ’s national tour\, brings insight into the role of visual storytelling i n shaping public consciousness and preserving civil rights history. Orrin\ , a social justice leader and daughter of Selma march architect James Beve l\, offers a deeply personal and generational perspective on the movement ’s legacy and its relevance today.\n\nTogether\, they will reflect on Ma rtin’s searing images—from the violence of “Bloody Sunday” to the triumph of the Montgomery march—and discuss how these photographs contin ue to inspire action and dialogue around democracy\, equity\, and justice. This conversation invites audiences to consider how the past informs the present—and how the spirit of Selma lives on.\n\nThis program is sponsor ed by Wayne and Lucretia Weiner and presented in conjunction with the exhi bition “Selma is Now: The Photography of Spider Martin\,” in partner ship with Broward Cultural Division and on display at AARLCC through June 27\, 2026.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nDoug McCaw\n\nDoug McCraw is an entrepreneur and art collector.  He co-founded IMX3\, a company building virtual reali ty platforms for museums\, galleries\, private collections\, and art proje cts and also FATVillage Metaverse\, an artist community in virtual reality .  Doug has been involved in recent art exhibitions including "Thornton D ial I Too Am Alabama" at AEIVA UAB in Birmingham\, "Myths\, Secrets\, Lies \, and Truths" at the Boca Raton Museum of Art\,  and "Selma Is Now" Spid er Martin Photographs at EJI and  Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Montg omery and now at NAAM in Seattle\, WA.   He is a co-founder and develope r of FATVillage\, a city designated arts district in the Fort Lauderdale c ity center that grew into a community of artists\, galleries\, theatres\, and artist studios.   He is also a co-founder of Art + Light + Space Stu dios with partners Peter Symons\, Leah Brown\, and Lutz Hofbauer. Doug is a graduate of the University of Alabama\, Tuscaloosa\, and remains active with board work on the campus.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nChevara Orrin\n\nChevara Orrin is an award-winning equity strategist\, social entrepreneur\, author \, filmmaker\, global explorer\, citizen scientist\, and activist whose wo rk bridges storytelling\, justice\, and collective liberation. She is the visionary co-founder of We Are Straight Allies\, a national campaign that helped secure passage of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance in 2017\, expanding comprehensive LGBTQ protections across the city and state. She is also the creator of White And Woke\, an initiative inspiring white Amer icans to take intentional action toward racial equity. The daughter of Sus anne Jackson\, a Jewish anti-war organizer\, and James Luther Bevel\, a ch ief strategist to Dr. King and architect of the Birmingham Children’s Cr usade and the Selma-to-Montgomery March\, she carries forward a family lin eage of courage\, disruption\, and radical imagination. Her leadership has been recognized by the White House and the Human Rights Campaign and feat ured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and CNN.\n\nClick here for more information and tickets.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.goriverwalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/CC-Logo-Copy.png CATEGORIES:Art,Cultural,Free,History LOCATION:African American Research Library and Cultural Center\, 2650 Sistr unk Boulevard\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33311\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2650 Sistrunk Boulevard\, F ort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33311\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Afr ican American Research Library and Cultural Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR