Flyer from “Arts and Advocacy: Powering Social Change and Civic Engagement”
APP Professor Caron Atlas spoke on the panel “Arts and Advocacy: Powering Social Change and Civic Engagement” presented by the Wagner Diversity Council.
Caron Atlas is Director of Arts & Democracy, which cross-fertilizes arts and culture, civic participation, and community change. She also serves as Director of Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY (NOCD-NY), a citywide alliance revitalizing NYC from the neighborhood up. She teaches at New York University and Pratt Institute and serves on the Civic Engagement Commission Participatory Budgeting Advisory Committee. Previously Caron worked at Appalshop, the Appalachian cultural center and directed the American Festival Project, a national coalition of activist artists. She has consulted with Animating Democracy, Pratt Center for Community Development, Network of Ensemble Theaters, Urban Institute, and several foundations. Caron is Co-Editor of Bridge Conversations and Critical Perspectives, and contributor to Toward a 21st City for All. She was a Rockefeller Foundation Warren Weaver Fellow and is a Coro Leadership NY alumnus. Caron received her BA and MA from the University of Chicago.