This Cultural Conversation\, held in conju nction with the Selma Is Now exhibition\, delves into the intersection of art\, activism\, and historical memory.
\nMcCraw\, co-founder of FAT Village and a driving force behind the exhibition&rsquo\;s national tour\, brings insight into the role of visual storytelling in shaping public con sciousness and preserving civil rights history. Orrin\, a social justice l eader and daughter of Selma march architect James Bevel\, offers a deeply personal and generational perspective on the movement&rsquo\;s legacy and its relevance today.
\nTogether\, they will reflect on Martin&rsquo\ ;s searing images&mdash\;from the violence of &ldquo\;Bloody Sunday&rdquo\ ; to the triumph of the Montgomery march&mdash\;and discuss how these phot ographs continue to inspire action and dialogue around democracy\, equity\ , and justice. This conversation invites audiences to consider how the pas t informs the present&mdash\;and how the spirit of Selma lives on.
\nThis program is sponsored by Wayne and Lucretia Weiner and presented in c onjunction with the exhibition &ldquo\;Selma is Now: The Photography of Spider Martin\,&rdquo\; in partnership with Broward Cultural Division and on display at AARLC C through June 27\, 2026.
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Doug McCaw
\nDoug McCraw is an entrepreneur and art collector. \; He co-f ounded IMX3\, a company building virtual reality platforms for museums\, g alleries\, private collections\, and art projects and also FATVillage Meta verse\, an artist community in virtual reality. \; Doug has been invol ved in recent art exhibitions including "Thornton Dial I Too Am Alabama" a t AEIVA UAB in Birmingham\, "Myths\, Secrets\, Lies\, and Truths" at the B oca Raton Museum of Art\, \; and "Selma Is Now" Spider Martin Photogra phs at EJI and \; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Montgomery and now at NAAM in Seattle\, WA. \; \; He is a co-founder and developer o f FATVillage\, a city designated arts district in the Fort Lauderdale city center that grew into a community of artists\, galleries\, theatres\, and artist studios. \; \; He is also a co-founder of Art + Light + Sp ace Studios with partners Peter Symons\, Leah Brown\, and Lutz Hofbauer. D oug is a graduate of the University of Alabama\, Tuscaloosa\, and remains active with board work on the campus.
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Chevara Orrin
\nChevara Orrin is an award-winning equity strate gist\, social entrepreneur\, author\, filmmaker\, global explorer\, citize n scientist\, and activist whose work bridges storytelling\, justice\, and collective liberation. She is the visionary co-founder of We Are Straight Allies\, a national campaign that helped secure passage of Jacksonville&r squo\;s Human Rights Ordinance in 2017\, expanding comprehensive LGBTQ pro tections across the city and state. She is also the creator of White And W oke\, an initiative inspiring white Americans to take intentional action t oward racial equity. The daughter of Susanne Jackson\, a Jewish anti-war o rganizer\, and James Luther Bevel\, a chief strategist to Dr. King and arc hitect of the Birmingham Children&rsquo\;s Crusade and the Selma-to-Montgo mery March\, she carries forward a family lineage of courage\, disruption\ , and radical imagination. Her leadership has been recognized by the White House and the Human Rights Campaign and featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and CNN.
\nWatch online:
\nYouTube: \; Cultural Conversa tion "Selma: Legacy\, Lens\, and Liberation"
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