Lift Every Voice Kehinde Wiley Grand Finale Concert

Lawn in front of the de Young museum with people

de Young museum, 2022. Photograph by Gary Sexton

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The capstone event of our Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series features music performances, speeches, video tributes, food trucks, and more. Key contributors will provide inspiration and action steps to change the conditions which make systemic violence possible.

Lineup

Hosts:

  • Pastor Michael McBride + Sherrie Deans

Co-host:

  • J-Red

Performances in order of appearance:

2–4 pm

  • Sol Development 
  • Common Hymnal 
  • Tef Poe Music
  • Rev. Sekou 
  • Dee-1 

4–6pm

  • Charles Jenkins 
  • Rex Life Rajj 
  • Goapele 

About the Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series

This event is part of the Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series, developed in collaboration with Pastor Mike McBride and Sherrie Deans of Live Free USA. This six-part series brings together some of the biggest names in culture, art, sports, and activism. Through panels, performances, and collective healing practices, this series offers a platform to those most impacted by state-sanctioned violence and offers a constructive framework for understanding the intersections of art, suffering, and healing.

Ticket info

Free. This does not include admission to the museum.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation

ASL interpretation will be provided. 

To request accessibility accommodations, please reach out to publicprograms@famsf.org.

About Live Free USA

Live Free is a nonprofit and social justice network dedicated to ending gun violence, mass incarceration, and mass criminalization through education, advocacy, and direct action. They are driven by a mission to build community power and agency by reimagining public safety and increasing civic engagement. Live Free sees a world with safe, equitable communities for all and where every person is safely and peacefully connected to community.

Sponsors

The Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of Google.org.

Presenting Sponsors

Major Support
Dagmar Dolby

Generous Support
The Harris Family
Charles and Brandi Hudson
Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Sonya Yu

Additional support is provided by the Adamolekun Family, Lisa Blackwell, Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan, Delvecchio and Kelly Finley, Bryan and Tara Meehan, Elaine A. Mellis, The Plexo Foundation, Soho House, Lisa and Jim Zanze, and the Contemporary Support Council.

Free admission on select weekends is generously underwritten by Google.org. Year-round, Free Saturdays admission for Bay Area residents is generously underwritten by Diane B. Wilsey and programming is supported by the Koret Foundation and Wells Fargo.

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Contact info

Public Programs
publicprograms@famsf.org

415.750.7694

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