I’m incredibly honored to be included in the 2017 list, from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, of “100 people, organizations, and movements shaping the future of culture.” This year’s list includes luminaries from a range of political and artistic fields, including Rachel Maddow, Claudia Rankine, Barry Jenkins, Jordan Peele, Jill Soloway, Colson Whitehead, Debra Cleaver, Roxane Gay, the Indivisible Project, Radio Ambulante, Jorge Ramos, and many more. (Full list here.)
Personally, I look at the other people and groups on this list and I think yes, that is exactly what I want, yes please — let us have a future shaped by these collective hands. Let us all keep moving forward, trusting in the meaning and value of the work we do, recognizing the legions who blazed the way to make our work possible, striving to do our own part in the service of visions for a better, more just world.
