Instituto

✨ Final Panelist Announcement ✨

Join us for Black Emergence: Traveling Mercy to the Desert Sun — get your ticket at instituto.io/calendar.

We’re honored to welcome Jessica Salow, Assistant Archivist of Black Collections at ASU Library, whose work preserves and uplifts Black history and memory in Arizona.

📍 Saturday, Feb. 28 | 12–2 PM

Come be part of Living Black Worlds, a powerful close to Black History Month. 🖤

✨ Meet the Panelists ✨

We’re excited to share that Shelley and Debra, who are featured in Black Emergence: Traveling Mercy to the Desert Sun, will be joining the post-screening conversation.

At the heart of Black Emergence is family and the women who hold its memory. Come for the film, and stay to experience the full Living Black Worlds festival happening all day Friday and Saturday.

Film Screening & Discussion:
🗓 Saturday, Feb 28
🕛 12:00–2:00 PM
📍 Downtown Phoenix
⭐ Reserve your free ticket at instituto.io/calendar

✨ Meet the Black Emergence: Traveling Mercy to the Desert Sun Panel Moderators and Hosts ✨

After the screening, stay for a conversation with the community members, artists, archivists, and South Phoenix storytellers who help carry Black Arizonans' history forward. From matriarchs preserving family memory to cultural workers creating spaces for belonging, this panel explores how land, care, and legacy shape who we are and who we become together.

Join us in honoring the stories that anchor generations and keep memories alive. This screening is part of a two-day festival starting hosted by Black River Life.

🗓 Saturday, Feb 28
🕛 12:00–2:00 PM
📍Downtown Phoenix
⭐ Reserve your free ticket at instituto.io/calendar