The members of The Ford’s Connectors Council are the brains behind the brains here, helping to steer our seasons and programming with their cultural expertise.
Music, literature, art – they all help us get understand ourselves and persevere when times are difficult. So we asked them what they’ve been turning to these days for support, and asked them to put together a little something for you.
Ilaan Egeland-Mazzini keeps things moving. No surprise that she’s a dancer, having worked with various New York dance companies and founded Family Dance Jam, an interactive workshop for people of all ages. She shares some of her favorite podcast episodes, documentaries, books, and tunes to keep your blood pumping.
Books
The Art of Relevance
by Nina Simon
Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment
by Leticia Nieto with Margot F. Boyer, Liz Goodwin, Garth R. Johnson & Laurel Collier Smith
Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing
by Phyllis A. Blach, CNC
Film and TV
If Cities Could Dance (PBS)
Mrs. America (Hulu)
The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
Unorthdox (Netflix)
I Am Not Your Negro (Netflix)
Podcasts
Stay Tuned with Preet
Protest, Pain & Hope (with Karen Attiah)
Pardonpalooza & #MeToo (with Ronan Farrow)
On Being with Krista Tippet
Michael McCarthy: Nature, Joy, and Human Becoming
Vincent Harding: Is America Possible?