GARE Arts & Culture Pre-Conference

Welcome!

We are so excited you are joining us for this special event. Please watch the video below for more information. As a note, to ensure open access, closed captioning & ASL interpretation will be available day of show.

Visual Processing Disclaimer:

  • The content displayed at the GARE Annual Membership Meeting, Arts and Culture Pre-Conference will include a variety of images and videos. These visuals are intended to activate different audiences and to provide an immersive and at times, performative, experience. Please know that we are committed to providing this disclaimer before any and all visual displays.

  • For our audience members who experience photosensitivity and/or visual processing difficulties, please know that the pre-conference can be experienced in audio form. If you are comfortable with low-light, we recommend that you dim your computer screens to a level that works for you.

  • Additionally, GARE staff is prepared to assist our audience members with visual impairments. Please let us know if you would like us to support you in this regard by reaching out to Juan Serrano at jserrano@raceforward.org.

  • We recognize that despite our best intentions, we may not be able to meet every need during our time together. We sincerely apologize for any limitations we may experience. We are committed to exercising our full power to proceed in such a way that is inclusive and accessible to all. We value this and every opportunity to grow and learn together.


Feel like you’re with us in NOLA by downloading a digital background! Instructions below:

  • While we truly wish we could be in person, we understand that is not possible or advisable right now. Still, we are grateful for the opportunity to create a virtual environment for our time together and invite you to download an image of BMike’s artwork from STUDIO BE from THIS FOLDER to display as your virtual background. Hopefully this will help us feel even closer together than we already are! Additionally, if you have other images that give you energy, please feel free to display those instead. Click HERE for more detailed instructions to set up your virtual background.