"A Woman's Place" brings together the life, work, stories, and archives of five women of color–whose lives expand upon the notion of what it is to be an educator serving community of all ages through approaching education via traditional and non-traditional means, while each maintaining a dedication to radical social change and grassroots education and a pedagogy derived from love as the root of their approaches.The exhibit will explore the life-work of Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins, Yuri Kochiyama, Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, and Jewel Thais-Williams, some of whom taught formally in classroom settings and all have built a legacy as educators through action in and of community, furthering their pedagogical approaches spreading political ideas via community organizing, journalism, writing, and taking on mentees.The general public may be familiar with renowned advocate, educator, scholar, public speaker and activist Angela Davis, but those outside of activism may be unaware of Ericka Huggins, an educator, Black Panther Party member, former political prisoner, ally and poet. The Black LGBT community may know of Jewel Thais-Williams as the owner of The Catch nightclub, but her work with Minority AIDS Project and Village Health Foundation has lasting impact outside of the club. Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez began her life-long career in building multi-racial solidarity through her work with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the mid-1960s, later going on to found in New Mexico a bilingual (Español/English) newspaper growing out of the Chicano movement, authored and edited numerous historical books and co-organized multiracial justice organizations. Yuri Kochiyama, known and revered by all of the women, beyond her iconic photo in Life magazine holding Malcolm X after his assassination, was a second-generation Japanese American born and raised in San Pedro who was impacted by her family’s internment during the Second World War and was further politicized by her work and friendship with Malcolm X, as well as her activism in many other social justice movements.This original exhibit is being curated by Amitis Motevalli, Artist and Director of the William Grant Still Arts Center of Los Angeles and will feature archives, ephemera, art work, installations, performances and dialogues. Motevalli says, “Through the exhibit, we hope to inspire new generations of women of color to approach their lives in the framework of this lineage. An aspect of the exhibition will also invite selected allied women artists of color to create work inspired by the archives and transformative work of these radical pedagogists.