First ZOOM all staff meeting. Photo/GIF credit: Kacie Chow

New York Theatre Workshop
Out of continued concern for the health and safety of our audiences, artists and staff, NYTW will not return to public events in the 2019/20 season. We have a wonderful mostly virtual season for 2020/2021, featuring work from 30+ artists responding to the political, cultural, and social zeitgeist and innovating new ways to connecting to other human beings. As a member of the NYTW Education and Engagement team, I'm happy to say we have expanded our community programs nationwide and have continued fostering programs with amazing local organizations, such as People's Theatre Project. For more information visit NYTW.ORG.
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Covid-19 Resources for Artists
New York Theatre Workshop staff have compiled list of resources for our diverse community. The list is growing and will be updated periodically. Click here to access the list.

Free Virtual Programming
Beloved members of NYTW’s artistic community will be leading master classes on directing, writing, performance and beyond on Monday afternoons while we’re on hiatus. Wednesdays are dedicated to artist conversations and talks, while the rest of the week is filled with music jam sessions, open mic night events, more! Click here to read more and register. Recent chats and workshops have included the See Foundation and Black Acting Methods Studio.

Anti-Racist and Liberation Resources
The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, James Spurlock, David McAtee, and countless other Black folx are reprehensible and are unacceptable. Black Lives Matter. We encourage you to join us in action. We offer the following resources that we are using today:

• Donate any amount, if you are able, to one of the organizations or funds included in the list below.
• Call your elected officials. If you don't know your elected officials, you can look that up here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/
• Follow @justiceforgeorgenyc for in-person action in New York City. Protests have continued since June and continue to go strong! There are many resources about how to keep yourself safe when you venture out: https://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/SafeyDuringProtest_F.pdf
• Continue to engage in important conversations about White Supremacy and anti-blackness.
  
  

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/about
  
• Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/about/
  
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/ 
  
• Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/
  
• Reclaim the Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home/#about
  
• Communities United Against Police Brutality: https://www.cuapb.org/what_we_do
  
• Bail Out Fund Links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/edit?fbclid=IwAR1CPr7U1R4_KnMxGts1_HtUDEddU7PFlnaZQGbs-Vh7r4cN5OvzaLhjICg
  
• Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://justiceforbreonna.org/
  
• What to Send Up On Your Own: https://www.bagofbeans.net/copy-of-wtsu-resources
  
• #OpenYourLobby Movement: @openyourlobby on Instagram and Twitter

​In the wake of the hate crime that was perpetrated in Atlanta, we honor Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun, survivor Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, and the other victims who lost their lives. Bigotry and violence against Asian and Asian Pacific American (APA) communities are on the rise, with at least ten reported anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City in 2021. Stop AAPI Hate has tracked 3,795 hate incidents from March 2020–February 2021. We offer the following resources that we are using today:

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

• Stop AAPI Hate
• RISE Justice Labs (https://www.risenow.us/)
• CACF: Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
• Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence ( https://caaav.org/ )
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC
• Korean American Coalition - Atlanta
• Asian American Advocacy Fund
• OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
• Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
• GAPIMNY—Empowering Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islanders
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
• Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council
• National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
• ( https://www.nationalcapacd.org/ )
• Slant'd
• Racism Is A Virus

#EnoughisEnough #StopAAPIHate #RacismisaVirus