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2022 National Coming Out Day Breakfast
October 12, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am
$30 – $500
Join us at our 7th annual National Coming Out Day Breakfast, presented by UW Credit Union.
Our keynote speaker is Ja’ Malik, Artistic Director at the Madison Ballet. Previous to joining Madison Ballet, Ja’ Malik built a career of executing commissions from nationally-renowned dance companies and advocating for representation of Black artists. He founded and has served as Executive Director of New York City’s Ballet Boy Productions, whose mission is to create pathways for young Black men to thrive in a career in dance.
In 2019, Ja’ Malik collaborated with Tony-nominated Camille A. Brown on choreography for The Public Theater’s 2019 production of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf, and is a former member of Cleveland Ballet, Oakland Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nathan Trice Rituals, City Dance Ensemble, Ballet Hispanico, and Ballet X. In 2003 he graduated from the first class of Joffrey Ballet School, and New School University, BFA program.
This event will feature networking from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., followed by breakfast, and then a great keynote and dialogue. We hope you’ll be able to make it.
Tickets are available online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-national-coming-out-day-breakfast-registration-423890617247
