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Thursday9/22
10:00 am5:00 pm
Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin: Wayfinding

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in Texas of artistic and life partners Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin (working collaboratively as “Nick & Jake”), whose poignant interdisciplinary practice marries art, theatre, performance, archival research, and spoken word.

10:00 am11:00 am
Mindfulness and your Brain with Lacy Wolff

In this 60 minute interactive web based workshop, you will learn about the science and practical application of mindfulness. This evidence-based skills set that is available to all of us has been proven to: improve productivity, reduce blood pressure, improve sleep, decrease anxiety and depression, and improve immune function!

6:30 pm7:30 pm
Speaking of Social Justice with Dorothy Roberts

Join us as we welcome Dorothy Roberts, acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law in conversation with GCSW Dean Alan Dettlaff to discuss Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, her highly anticipated work that culminates 25 years of investigating racism in family policing and calls for a radically reimagined way to support children and their families.