Dear Friends, The Brooklyn Museum cares deeply about issues that affect our communities. As you may
Dear Friends, The Brooklyn Museum cares deeply about issues that affect our communities. As you may have heard, on November 17th, an organization called Green Pearl is renting space in the Brooklyn Museum for their annual conference, the Brooklyn Real Estate Summit. On Tuesday we learned that artists, community organizers and our neighbors were upset that the conference is happening at our museum and had banded together to express their concerns about affordable housing and work spaces and protest the event. Of course we wanted to be responsive, and I want to let you know what we have done:We immediately reached out to the conference organizers and suggested they invite artists and organizers to speak at the conference on affordable housing and work spaces, which they did.We offered to host a separate forum on affordable housing and workspaces at the Museum so our community can discuss these important issues and share exciting models for change.We reached out to Sarah Quinter and other community organizers and invited them to meet to discuss their concerns.We will take a close look at our policies for hosting third-party events for the future.We want you to know that we value all of the members of our community and we appreciate your care and support. We also value the discussions that are taking place and we look forward to being a part of the dialogue.Talk soon, Anne PasternakShelby White and Leon Levy DirectorBrooklyn Museum -- source link
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