Women On The Musical Front-lines
Starts: Saturday, Jul. 18 11:30 AM (Eastern)
Ends: Saturday, Jul. 18 12:45 PM (Eastern)
Panelists will talk candidly about their experiences as female musicians on the front lines of social movements.
Moderator
Daphne Carr
Daphne Carr is an organizer, activist, writer, and scholar living in New York City. She was a co-organizer of Occupy Wall Street Music Working Group, and continues to facilitate music as activism in actions across the East Coast. She is the author of Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine (Continuum 2011), contributor to the books Out of the Vinyl Deeps: The Rock Writing of Ellen Willis; Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs, and Listen Again.
Other sessions: People's Climate March: Music and Art in service of social movements, How to start a riot: Grrls, queers, and other rabble rousers
Panelists
Abigail Chapin
Abigail Chapin is a musician/artist/activist based in New York City
Other sessions: Opening reception featuring the Chapin Sisters and Irene Diaz
Lily Chapin
Lily is a musician, writer, activist living in New York.
Other sessions: Opening reception featuring the Chapin Sisters and Irene Diaz
Irene Diaz
“The first time I heard it, Irene Diaz’s voice stopped me cold: Her sheer power belies her compact stature, and her musical impact is simply immense. With her musical partner Carolyn Cardoza strumming away intently on ukulele, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.” – Felix Contreras, NPR
Other sessions: Opening reception featuring the Chapin Sisters and Irene Diaz
Eleanor Goldfield
Eleanor is a creative activist, singer and writer. She is the founder and lead singer of the political hard rock band, Rooftop Revolutionaries who have shared the stage with the likes of Tom Morello and Immortal Technique at festivals, Occupy events and rock clubs around the country.
She is also the host and writer of the occupy.com, Free Speech TV syndicated show, Act Out! which focuses on creative and grassroots activism. This weekly show gives updates on activism around the country, focusing on artists and creatives, grassroots actions and how people anywhere can get involved, from tweets to marching in the streets.
She is also a free-lance writer and consultant for creative outreach targeting 18-30 year olds via projects aimed at killing apathy through art. In this capacity, she also does various creative work on her own, such as her campaign, Ads for Change.
Other sessions: How to start a riot: Grrls, queers, and other rabble rousers