Streamed live on Aug 15, 2025 | Zócalo Public Square Programs
Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies (IAJS), Zócalo Public Square, Zhou B Art Center, and OH Art Foundation co-presented a panel at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago on August 15, 2025, moderated by Stanford IAJS faculty co-director Brian Lowery and featuring Yale historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner David W. Blight, historic preservation leader Bonnie McDonald, and creative consultant and fashion designer Siying Qu. The panel discussed how migrant communities help stitch together our ideas of American life.
The event also included a special Third Friday Art Walk to view the work of artist Kira Dominguez Hultgren and hear a talk between Hultgren and guitarist and Chicago Immigrant Orchestra co-director Fareed Haque, who discussed the work’s larger themes, including how race plays out across generations, how public memorials help make hushed histories visible, and how new technology reveals outdated stereotypes.
View the artist talk and panel: https://www.youtube.com/live/42kv9RB0uXs