ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers
142: Alma Robinson: How Do You Build an Art & Social Change Movement That Lasts Decades
10 Sep 2025
In this episode, we sit down with Alma Robinson, the longtime executive director of California Lawyers for the Arts. From cultural repatriation to youth advocacy to resurrecting a legendary prison arts program, Alma has been at the heart of a quiet revolution, mobilizing artists and legal advocates to shape a more just creative society.In it we'll hear how Alma's early work on cultural restoration and restitution shaped a lifelong commitment to public service We also learn why creative youth development and artists' residencies in prisons are critical tools in community healing. And discover how art, law and grassroots action can work together to preserve heritage, fight displacement, and expand opportunity.So. If you've ever wondered how deep systems change actually happens, or how artists and activists can forge powerful, unexpected alliances, this conversation is for you. Part one. Whose story is this? Anyway, Alma Robinson, welcome to the show. So. What's going on with you these days?
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