“To cultivate means to acquire or develop, and to harvest means to collect or obtain for a future use,” said Creatives Empowered. “Since the summer of 2020, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has become ‘top of mind’ throughout the cultural sector, and a priority in funding. Who is cultivating and harvesting EDI, and the money that’s available for it And is the equity-seeking community actually being empowered in the process?”

A recording of the discussion, “Cultivating & Harvesting EDI,” presented on October 26, 2022 with panelists Jordan Baylon, Soni Dasmohapatra, Dinu Philip Alex and Pam Tzeng is available to stream here.