We the staff of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival stand in solidarity with the Black community, side by side with the Black artists who are our friends, family, and colleagues. We will do everything in our power to move the conversation forward toward systemic change, and will continue to reevaluate our policies ensuring equality and inclusion for all. Each of us will do everything we can, because as a revered board member told us today, “Ultimately it is the individual commitment to be antiracist that engenders change.”
Below are some of the organizations we have contributed to. We welcome discussion and encourage anyone to reach out.
ACLU of Tennessee
Change.org
NAACP Nashville
Black Lives Matter Nashville
Land Acknowledgement
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival performs on land that the Cherokee and Shawnee Native peoples and elders call their homeland. We acknowledge and respect them. We also acknowledge and offer deep gratitude to the ancestral land, water, and life that surrounds us.