Kennedy Center's Marc Bamuthi Joseph hosts an intergenerational conversation about family and social change, and sharing unique, cross-cultural experiences of change led by creativity and heritage. Guests are: Hank Willis Thomas, acclaimed conceptual artist and cofounder of For Freedoms; Deborah Willis, photographer, researcher, and chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts; Jamaica Heoli Osorio, poet-activist and scholar of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Māno; and, Jonathan Osorio, a singer-songwriter and dean of Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

Curated by ArtChangeUs and the Kennedy Center. For Freedoms Congress (FFCON) is the first of its kind: a gathering of artists, academic and cultural institutions, and organizations transforming our political landscape through creative civic engagement. Building on the innovative tools we all have as individuals, FFCON emphasizes the importance of civics in creating a better society.