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SUMMARY:Art and Activism: Brushstrokes for Equity
LOCATION:Upper Marlboro\nUpper Marlboro
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DESCRIPTION:Explore the transformative potential of artwork in advocating 
 for racial justice\, health equity\, voting rights\, science and climate c
 hange\, reproductive rights\, LGBTQ+ rights\, and gun control with artist 
 Alicia Christy..\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/9521078
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Dr. Alicia Christy is an African American 
 author\, illustrator\, physician\, and Army Veteran. With a decorated care
 er that includes retiring as the Deputy Director of Reproductive Health at
  Veteran Health Affairs\, she holds esteemed positions as a professor at t
 he Uniformed Services University and an adjunct professor at Howard Univer
 sity School of Medicine.</p>\n<p>Her artwork serves as her resonating voic
 e for social justice\, demonstrating her profound commitment to advocacy. 
 Notably\, her painting "When Will Black Lives Matter" was chosen from over
  1\,000 submissions for the esteemed online Art Against Racism exhibit. Fu
 rthermore\, Dr. Christy's cover art and artist statement titled "We Must S
 peak for the Voiceless and Vulnerable" graced the pages of Academic Medici
 ne. Her compelling narrative\, "A Legacy of Activism | ACOG\," was also fe
 atured by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.</p>\n<p
 ><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/pgcmls/Screen
 shot_2023-08-16_162930.png" width="629" height="735" alt="" /></p>\n<p><st
 rong><em>Enough\, by Alicia Christy</em></strong></p>\n<p>Her evocative po
 rtraits have found their home at Dulles Airport\, with upcoming exhibition
 s planned for Reagan Airport. In a significant showcase her artwork was pa
 rt of a notable exhibit at the Library of Congress on June 30\, 2022.</p>\
 n<p>Dr. Christy's impactful journey of utilizing her artwork to honor wome
 n Veterans is beautifully documented in "Honoring Women Who Have Served | 
 ACOG." In 2020\, her dedication to women Veterans and homeless women garne
 red her the Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Society for Repro
 ductive Medicine.</p>\n<p><em><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fronten
 d-images/editor/pgcmls/Screenshot_2023-08-16_163121.png" width="455" heigh
 t="514" alt="" /></em></p>\n<p><strong><em>Protest is Patriotic\, by Alici
 a Christy</em></strong></p>\n<p>Dr. Christy's literary contributions and a
 rtistry have found their way into prestigious publications such as Seminar
 s in Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North 
 America. Her artistry even graced the cover of the inaugural issue of Fert
 ility and Sterility Science. Her insightful perspectives have also been fe
 atured in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics and the Journ
 al of Narrative Medicine.</p>\n<p>Notably\, her artwork "No Muslim Ban" ha
 s taken its place within the permanent collection of the Busboy and Poets 
 Brookland location. Her talents have shone at prominent galleries\, includ
 ing the Honfleur Gallery in Washington\, DC and the Hunter Gallery in New 
 Jersey.</p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/9521078
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