real quick b/c I need to do things and because I didn't see any noted digs:

Melody Barnes interview with FL: to give you an idea of the relevance to BlacklistAnon's posts here is a superfast summary with quotes:

Mass Media/film industry is obligated to show people what is possible especially children, so they think.. "If they are doing it than I can too."

"What we know about neural pathways… we have a different picture in our head….we see things a different way" …."no longer a myth …a norm" We can change the way they see themselves and their future. The example… "Not weird to see a black president b/c I see one every week on TV"

Hamilton the musical was discussed as "rewriting history" young people have a picture in their head of the actors who portray the historical figures…. SO they don't have a picture in their head of the actual historical figure….

ARTS->COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT→CHANGE →END POVERTY ???

She was involved in Center for American Progress, history major, Assistant to BO, and from Richmond VA - where her father owned a lot of land?? might be interesting?

Artist mentioned was Kahindu Wiley, not sure of spelling… community leader asking important question. He places young people of color into historical and recognizable artwork… (very post-modern!)

Art can transform communities… housing?

essentially: present what they want to be normalized and people start doing it….