This year's Empowerment Congress features a session focused on Social Justice through the Arts. Session presenters include Laura Zucker (LA County Arts Commission), Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez (Watts Village Theater Company), Brooke Davis Anderson (LACMA), and Susan Anderson (UCLA Library Special Collections).

Keisa Davis, Member of the City of LA Advocacy Team and Administrative & Scholarship Manager for Community Build, guest blogs about art-based interventions, social services and urban sustainability.