Where others take to the streets, Hamilton decided she would challenge her fellow creative artists to take to the stage. Four days later, more than 60 people showed up for the first meeting at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre in L.A. Membership has since topped 100, and a sister organization is called Artists Rise Up New York. We’re all one.”(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Lehrer’s last point speaks to the broader theme of the evening, one touched on by nearly every vignette: Silence is no longer acceptable. She was at the Ace hotel in downtown Los Angeles when the results came in, and she retreated to a stairwell, numb.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 01, 2017 22:35 UTC