In an effort to support student voice and action related to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, the UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion and UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy in partnership with Black Terps Matter announced Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants earlier this year. Grants have been awarded to artists in the UMD community who are creating projects that affirm Black life and vitality and interrogate white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Join this panel and hear from the artists about their experiences on campus and in the world.

The Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants are organized in partnership with Black Terps Matter, UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion, UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2020. NextNOW Fest is a Terps After Dark and an Arts & Humanities TerrapinSTRONG event.