Creative Equations

In this time of COVID-19, when structural inequities are more clear than ever before, this series amplifies the many ways arts are innovating in communities and society. Through excerpted performances and screenings, arts leaders demonstrate how Brooklyn is championing creative power for change. Naima Oyo, Executive Director of the award winning Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, shares the organization’s history of community development and vision for making every child count in a Census year. 2020 Grantee writer Willy Appelman uses comedic performance to explore one of Brooklyn’s most iconic collective-economics experiments, the Brooklyn Co-op.