President V. Elaine Gross was a panelist at the Landmark Theatre’s Songs of Protest: Reframing Conversations around Race in America event. The event consisted of musical renditions by Brinae Ali and Olivia K. , spanning several generations and social issues.

Panelists also included Shanequa Levin, current Director for Every Child Matters in New York and Napoleon Revels-Bey, Director and founder of Nassau Performing Arts Center. The music was accompanied with passionate dialogue about the historical relationship between music, race, and social movements.

In the clip below Elaine Gross explains how school segregation and housing segregation are connected. She also comments on the importance of the arts in social change.