As a native New Yorker, I don't recall ever visiting the United Nations, not even as a child on a class trip... But today I spent time at the UN as a guest at a conference on "racism" as a panel discussed "Self-Representation as a Strategy to Fight Racism" hosted by Brazil. "Racism" is one of the social issues very important to me and I was happy to be invited. I am looking forward to continuing to do my part through the arts and hopefully as part of an international collaboration.