A Day of Action

Sun Jan 26 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC-05:00

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution | Washington

National Portrait Gallery
Publisher/HostNational Portrait Gallery
A Day of Action
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What issues do you care about? How do you feel empowered? Join the Portrait Gallery and our partners for A Day of Action.
About this Event

Activate and uplift! Get inspired and find your voice! Art is activism and portraiture is powerful. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to community action by joining the Portrait Gallery and our partners for A Day of Action.

Geared toward mobilizing teens and young adults but open to all, this event featuring local social justice organizations and community groups will empower visitors. Learn from changemakers who are doing the work and be inspired by the activists highlighted in the Portrait Gallery’s exhibitions, “The Struggle for Justice;” “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939;” “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return” and “James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance.”

The event will feature musical performances, art and letter writing workshops, information tables by select organizations, and gallery tours in English and American Sign Language.

Sign Language interpretation will be provided throughout the event.

Please find a Social Story for this program, here.

Free – Registration Encouraged.





Image Credit: Fred Hampton by an unidentified artist, c. 1969. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 800 G Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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