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2025 Artivism Fellowship

The Artivism Fellowship is a 7-month incubation process that provides one participating artist-activist with $10k and the tools and resources to blend artistry, law, policy, and community engagement to leverage their creative talents to drive meaningful systemic change.

A dancer performs in New York City Hall for the New York City Council

In 2016 a group of Broadway actors and activists joined together to answer a question: “How can the arts play a more meaningful role in creating a just world?” Frustrated by both the country's and theater industry's response - or lack thereof - to the nation's pandemic of racism, those "artivists" sensed a different strategy was needed to tackle today's most pressing issues. That impulse grew into the Broadway Advocacy Coalition: a boundary-pushing advocacy nonprofit utilizing workshops, coalition building, leadership development, and Impact Projects to create more humane policies.

Led by a team of visionary artivists, educators, and advocates, BAC is creating a new way to collaborate towards a just world. Through our workshops, fellowships and Impact Projects we convene artists, change leaders and individuals impacted by systemic racism and oppression to build the capacity and coalitions that fuel systemic change.