In the lead up to the launch of Change Lab Season 5 on September 25, we’re releasing a series of “Encore” episodes. For this debut installment, we caught up with artist Jackie Amezquita before she embarked on a three-week journey from Southern California through Mexico, primarily on foot, all the way to her native Guatemala. Amezquita refers to this emotionally and physically arduous journey as a performance titled “De Norte a Sud.” Over the course of her three-week trek, she’ll be retracing the path she took as a young Guatemalan migrant to an unknown life in the United States of America, only this time in the opposite direction. Amezquita uses her interactions and conversations with people along the way to explore the myriad cultural, economic, and racial divides so entrenched in this part of the world.
This bonus episode interweaves two conversations with Amezquita, recorded more than a year apart, producing an illuminating and intimate portrait of the lived experience of an issue that’s too often reduced to sensational headlines. We hope you enjoy this updated episode. Don’t forget to tune in for a whole new season of conversations on creativity and transformation kicking off with Lorne’s incisive interview with IBM design chief, Phil Gilbert.
Karen Hofmann on building an accessible, affordable and inclusive education
Jackie Amezquita on migration, memory and making art
Aimee Mullins on Finding a World of Possibilities in Every Problem
Artist Lita Albuquerque on Regeneration After the Fire
Artist Kim Schoenstadt on finding redemption through creativity and kinship
James Meraz on creating a path through unimaginable loss
Change Lab Season 10: Forged in Fire, Make to Heal
53 Google's Ivy Ross on Reimagining the Life You're Meant to Live
52 Tisha Johnson on design as a growth mindset
51 Aimee Bender on writing into uncertainty
50 Ann Hamilton on the Power of I-Don’t-Know
49 Mike Shinoda on the Alchemy of Making Music and Art
48 Artist Diana Thater is determined to reveal a world worth saving
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47 Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on leveling the playing field
46 UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ on creating institutional change from within
45 Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the theology of making
44 Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning
43 Occidental College President Harry Elam on finding a roadmap for systemic change in revolutionary theater movements
42 D’Wayne Edwards on building a pipeline for diversity in sneaker design
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