Ripple Effect: Four visionaries explore the risks we take in order to connect

Theater creators Mei Ann Teo and Nile Harris of Ping Chong and Company craft fantastic moments from documented narratives from their home base in Downtown Manhattan. Witnessed in their Minnesota environment, chef and community organizer Sean Sherman and his NĀTIFS team fight to ensure that Indigenous food practices and pre-colonial ingredients hold an equitable place in the American experience. Journalist Maria Hinojosa—leading Futuro Media from her home and studio in Harlem, New York—asks us to consider the simple and complicated act of being vulnerable with each other.

Together, they help show that every drop of curiosity that we add to the pool of what we know has the potential to generate a wave of transformation. Even the smallest ripple can be enough to wash over yet untouched hearts.

🎥 by Are We There Yet?

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