ISC: Art Break

In this month's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to join ISC staff this Giving Tuesday in celebrating and supporting organizations that we feel are doing important work to uplift our communities and staying active in the fight for social justice and equity. Let us know who you are supporting this Giving Tuesday on our Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!

Indian Country Today: support.indiancountrytoday.com

Young Musicians Foundation: ymf.networkforgood.com

Street Symphony: streetsymphony.kindful.com

Hollaback!: ihollaback.org/about/donate

artEquity: artequity.org/donate

Kooyrigs’ Project Mayreeg: kooyrigs.org/project-mayreeg

Transcript of this episode available at our website, www.iscla.org.

Are their initiatives in our community you want featured on our Community Action Update in December? Email [email protected]

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Ready for a Spooky episode just in time for Halloween?

Aisha Kabia Is an actress working and living in Los Angeles, CA.

In Nine Seasons with Independent Shakespeare Company:  Thaisa in ‘PERICLES’, Titania in ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM’ Queen Elizabeth in ‘RICHARD III’, Princess in 'LOVES LABOURS LOST', Mistress Ford in 'MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR', Helena in 'MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM', Lady Macduff in 'MACBETH', Lady Capulet in 'ROMEO AND JULIET', Celia/Phebe in 'AS YOU LIKE IT', Adriana in 'COMEDY OF ERRORS'

Regional Theater: 3 Seasons at OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

Television: The GOOD PLACE, The RESIDENT, S.W.A.T, GIRL MEETS WORLD, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, NCIS:LA, TRANSFORMERS 5, etc. & over 35 National Commercials

Education: Second City Conservatory Graduate. BFA from UC SANTA BARBARA

Enjoy this week's spine-chilling Art Break. *WARNING: This episode contains themes of colonization.*

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In this month's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to protect Mauna Kea, The Creative Workforce Development Act, donate to the family and scholarship fund of Halyna Hutchins, stop Line 3, and other ways YOU can stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

Protect Mauna Kea: maunakea.konveio.com

Stop Line 3: action.lakotalaw.org/action/stop-line-3

Protect Peehee mu’huh: protectthackerpass.org

#HomesNotZones toolkit at: tinyurl.com/noon4118

LACCRC Information: laccrc2021.org/

Maroon Arts & Culture GoFundMe: gofund.me/47594afa

LA ARTS: LATheatreStandards.com

Halyna Hutchins Family GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/4ed44435

Halyna Hutchins AFI Scholarship: afi.com/halyna-hutchins-scholarship-fund

Are their initiatives in our community you want featured on our Community Action Update in November? Email [email protected]

Transcript of this episode available at our website, www.iscla.org.

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In this month's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to support arts workers by advocating for SB-628, The Creative Workforce Development Act, stay informed and donate to aid current refugee crises, volunteer with SELAH and Waterdrop LA to support our unhoused neighbors, and other ways YOU can stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

LA ARTS: LATheatreStandards.com

BLKLST Collective: blklstcollective.com

Send a prefiled email to Governor Newsom for SB-628: votervoice.net/CAARTS/Campaigns/86258/Respond

Support the Afghan Community: afgdiasporahub.com

Haitian Bridge: haitianbridge.org

Donate to Haitian Bridge: secure.actblue.com/donate/supporthaitians

Host refugees through Air B&B: https://www.airbnb.org/refugees

Donate your frequent flyer miles to refugees: miles4migrants.org

Access Illuminatives’ Indigenous Peoples’ Day toolkit: illuminatives.org/indigenouspeoplesday

Donate or volunteer with Water Drop LA: waterdropla.org/links

Volunteer with SELAH: selah.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/

Are their initiatives in our community you want featured on our Community Action Update in October? Email [email protected]

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Join us for our special August Community Action Update! ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, highlights SELAH, a local organization serving the unhoused in Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, Atwater Village, and Hollywood. This year during the Griffith park Free Shakespeare Festival, ISC is partnering with SELAH to collect hygiene kits for the unhoused during our entire run of The Tempest!

Sign up to volunteer at selahnhc.org

Follow them on instagram @selanhc

You can donate to our Hygiene Kit Drive during performances of The Tempest. We are accepting the following:

Shampoo (travel size)

Conditioner (travel size)

Lotion (travel size)

Soap (travel size)

Comb

Pair of Socks

Body Wipes

Toilet Paper

Toothbrush

Toothpaste (travel size)

First Aid Kit (Bandages, Antibiotic Ointment)

See ISC’s Social Justice Initiatives: iscla.org/justice

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In July's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to support our unhoused neighbors with Water Drop LA, take part in La Defensa’s “Rate My Judge” program, join Justice LA’s efforts for criminal justice reform, and other ways YOU can stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

Learn more about Water Drop LA by visiting their Instagram page: @waterdropla

Support Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid Fund (PUMA-LA): Patreon.com/Puma-LA

Donate to StreetWatch LA’s current fundraising campaign: bit.ly/swfunds

Sign up as a community outreach volunteer with La Defensa: bit.ly/ratemyjudgesignup

Access Justice LA’s toolkit here: jlanow.org/comment0707

Learn more about COVID guidelines with LA County Public Health: publichealth.lacounty.gov

See ISC’s Social Justice Initiatives: iscla.org/justice

Are there initiatives in our community you want featured on our Community Action Update in August? Email [email protected]

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Happy Pride Month! In June's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to donate to your favorite LGBTQIA2S+ organizations including the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the Trans Defense Fund, take action to Save the San Marcos Foothills, urge your assembly member to support the VISION Act, and other ways YOU can stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

For nationwide community based alternatives to police: dontcallthepolice.com

Donate to the the Trans Defense Fund: IG @transdefensefundla

Donate to the LA LGBT Center: lalgbtcenter.org/

Support the George Floyd Justice Act: justiceforgeorge-takeaction.carrd.co

Urge your state assembly member to support the VISION Act: bit.ly/VISIONAct

Save and Restore the Salton Sea: https://www.change.org/p/save-and-restore-the-salton-sea?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_28127039_en-US%3A7&recruiter=13096716&recruited_by_id=13b72310-ce96-012f-0ca4-4040b09128dc&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

Save the San Marcos Foothills: @savethesanmarcosfoothills or savethesanmarcosfoothills.org

COVID-19 Vaccine Information: publichealth.lacounty.govd other ways YOU can stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

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It's a double feature in this week's Off the Shelf with ISC!

Sam Breen is a Swiss/American actor, writer and educator and ISC company member. He has performed at The La Jolla Playhouse, The American Repertory Theater, PACT Zolverein (Germany), The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His Los Angeles credits include: Macbeth at Antaeus, The Three Musketeers at Theatricum Botanicum, Flesh Eating Tiger at Highways. His Independent Shakespeare Company credits include: Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Good Angel in Faustus, and the title role in the upcoming production of Macbeth.

When asked why he chose these stories to read for Off the Shelf, Sam responded, “I’ve always loved Mark Twain's writing, but recording these narration pieces gave me the opportunity to discover his beautiful short stories for the first time. His writing is layered yet wonderfully accessible, idiosyncratic but with broad implications. The War Prayer is a snarky commentary about the fanfare. A Dog’s Tale is a touching story told from the point of view of a St-Bernard/Collie mix.”

Enjoy this week's whimsical, waggish Art Break.

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For May's Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, invites you to aid in the movement to #StopAAPPI Hate by taking Bystander Intervention Training with Hollaback!, donate to Save the San Marcos Foothills, learn more about nationwide community based alternatives to police, and other actions YOU can take this month to stay active in the fight for social justice and equity.

For nationwide community based alternatives to police: dontcallthepolice.com

For more information, please go to ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention

To support the Aunties, go to auntiesewingsquad.com

Yerazad: @yerazadcoalition

Kooyrigs: https://kooyrigs.org/looys or @kooyrigs

Miaseen: https://www.miaseen.org/ or @miaseenorg

Arts for LA Arts Ed Action: artsforla.org/arts_ed_action

Save the San Marcos Foothills: @savethesanmarcosfoothills or savethesanmarcosfoothills.org

COVID-19 Vaccine Information: publichealth.lacounty.gov

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Take an Art Break and learn more about ways you can mobilize for advocacy in the arts! Activist, actor and ISC Ensemble member Sabra Williams is in conversation with ISC’s Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan about her social justice work with organizations like the Actor’s Gang and Creative Acts, creating a National Truth Commission, the importance of the arts, and the many layers of dismantling systemic white supremacy.

Sabra is a person of action as evidenced by her work in the prison systems using the arts to transform lives. Her current work also includes contributing to the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort spearheaded by The Kellogg Foundation, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Cory Booker to set up a national Truth Commission.

You can learn more about Sabra’s social justice work as Co-Founder & Executive Director of Creative Acts: https://www.creativeacts.us/

The Actor's Gang: https://theactorsgang.com/

Learn how you can be an advocate for the arts and social justice at ISC's Justice page: http://www.iscla.org/justice

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