Constitutional Conversations Town Hall Session 2: The Reconstruction Amendments and Their Impacts on Immigration and Liberation - Amendments 13, 14, & 15

The San Francisco Arts Commission invites you to join us for Constitutional Conversations, a town hall style discussion series that will be moderated by Ralph Remington, Director of Cultural Affairs*, and Paul Henderson, Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability*.

The second town hall session, focused on the theme of The Reconstruction Amendments and Their Impacts on Immigration and Liberation -  Amendments 13, 14, & 15, will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in the Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building.

The Constitutional Conversations series is an opportunity for the City to host intergenerational conversations that engages San Francisco youth, artists, community members and City leaders, exploring the meaning of the US Constitution and its purpose, value, meaning, and impact, and explore the wider concept of Culture, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10, 13, 14, and 15).

Town Hall Session 2: The Reconstruction Amendments and Their Impacts on Immigration and Liberation - Amendments 13, 14, & 15

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
War Memorial Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Green Room, 2nd Floor
Doors/Artist Activations: 5:00-5:30 p.m.
Town Hall Session: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

All events of the town hall series will be free and open to the public.

Panelists for session 2:

• Chuck Collins, San Francisco Arts Commission President and Lawyer
• Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez, Director of Galleries and Public Programs*
• Mark Harris, Artist
• Jorge Rivas Jr., Executive Director, Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA)*

Artist Activations

Starting at 5:00 p.m., the event will also feature artistic activations in the War Memorial building, showcasing musicians, performers, and visual artists who will respond to the space through their interpretations of the Constitutional Conversations topics. 

The program will feature activations by Destiny Muhammad, and Mark Harris.

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All events of the town hall series will be free and open to the public. War Memorial and Performing Arts Center Green Room seating capacity is limited to the first 200 attendees.

(*Titles used for identification purposes only.)