The launch of the Smithsonian’s “Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past” initiative and the creation of two new museums by Congress, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino, present unique moments to explore how museums can help foster the Kerner Commission's “new will” and goal of “common opportunities for all.”

Join Smithsonian Under Secretary for Museums and Culture Kevin Gover, along with Anthea M. Hartig, Elizabeth MacMillan Director, National Museum of American History; Kevin Young, Andrew W. Mellon Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Theo Gonzalves, Interim Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; Deborah L. Mack, Director, Smithsonian “Our Shared Future” Initiative, and Tey Mariannna Nunn, Director, Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative; for a conversation on how museums and cultural institutions can serve as an engine for social justice and the changes needed to end racial and economic inequality.

This conversation is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in cooperation with the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation.