On February 15 at 7:00 p.m. MSK, join us for a special conversation with Dr. Natalie Hopkinson, a writer, arts and culture advocate and Associate Professor of Media, Democracy and Society at American University. Dr. Hopkinson will discuss the history of go-go music and her book, Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City, a history of black Washington told through its music and culture. She will also discuss how go-go and the #DontMuteDC movement became a catalyst for a larger conversation on gentrification, equality, and racial justice.

About the guest speaker:

Dr. Natalie Hopkinson is a writer, arts and culture advocate and Associate Professor of Media, Democracy and Society at the American University. Previously, she was staff editor, writer, and columnist at The Washington Post, The Root and Huffington Post. Her books, including, A Mouth is Always Muzzled, Go-Go Live and Deconstructing Tyrone, have been recognized by the Hurston/Wright Legacy, PEN-America and the Independent Publishers Association. Her scholarship and activism as a co-founder of the Don’t Mute DC movement influenced the 2020 legislation making Go-Go the Official Music of Washington, D.C. Her cultural influence was recognized by organizations including the Capstone Group, the Mayor’s Commission on Women and Poverty & Race Research Action Council. In February 2020, she was sworn in as a member of the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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