Community in conversation.

For more than a decade, Penumbra’s Let’s Talk Series has created space for compassionate and challenging conversations about wide-ranging topics that affect our community, from racial healing to community health. Hosted by Sarah Bellamy, each event begins at 6:00pm with a reception followed by a 90-minute presentation and discussion at 7:00pm.

Afrofuturism and the Ethics of Generative AI
May 4, 2026

Afrofuturism has long been a space for Black artists to dream of alternative futures where Black life and culture thrive, using technology as a means to leap across time, shed vestiges of the past, and realize a liberated future. As generative AI makes powerful advancements, join us as we contemplate the implications of this nascent technology on our future, both mystical and mathematical.