DeRay Mckesson: The Case for Hope
Digital Season | Recorded at Antidote 2019
On Demand from: 19th June
Genre: Talks & Ideas
“Hope is the belief that our tomorrows can be better than our todays. Hope is not magic; hope is work.” – DeRay Mckesson
In the face of violence and racism, how do we keep believing in change? A leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, co-founder of the Campaign Zero police reform campaign and host of podcast Pod Save the People, Mckesson places the idea of shared hope for a better future at the core of his activism.
Join DeRay Mckesson as he encourages us to take responsibility for imagining, then building, the world we want to live in.
In conversation with Faustina Agolley.
More reading: Cheat sheet: Get to know American civil rights activist, podcaster and former educator DeRay Mckesson.
More listening: It's a Long Story podcast with Tamika Mallory, civil rights activist and one of the leading organisers of the 2017 Women's March.
Help support our artistic community
The Sydney Opera House is a not-for-profit organisation
More from the Digital Season
Ruby's Wish
On Demand
Through an unlikely friendship with a beatboxing clown doctor, Ruby’s time in hospital turns into an imaginative adventure. Watch her room change into a wonderland, where anything can happen and wishes really do come true!
Ambient 1: Music for Airports, performed by Alaska Orchestra with live visuals by Carla Zimbler Written by Brian Eno (Live)
On Demand
Alaska Orchestra return to present Brian Eno's 1978 landmark album, 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports' in a new light streamed live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre, accompanied by live visuals from Sydney artist Carla Zimbler.
PopUp Sing! Workshop with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
On Demand
This Make Music Day, you're invited to be a part of the music-making with a virtual PopUp Sing! workshop recorded live in the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Learn to sing the 'Ode to Joy' chorus from Beethoven's famous Symphony No 9, led by renowned choral conductor Brett Weymark.
From Our House to Yours
Bring our stages to your sofa with our new digital program delivered weekly from our House to yours.