In a press release on Wednesday, January 26, OZ Arts Nashville announced that its highly anticipated annual benefit "Conversations at OZ" will take place virtually this year on Wednesday, February 24.
Now in its 5th year, the benefit invites prominent civic and cultural leaders to serve as conversation hosts and engage in discussions with guests on a range of contemporary topics. This year's lineup of virtual conversation hosts includes author and scholar Michael Eric Dyson with activist and writer Marcia Dyson, Oscar-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri with legendary musician and producer T-Bone Burnett, host of WPLN’s The Promise podcast Meribah Knight with Warner Elementary Principal Ricki Gibbs, and chair of Metro Nashville's Coronavirus Task Force, Alex Jahangir.
“This event is unlike any other in Nashville, and we are proud to host such an engaging and socially important community happening. Even in a virtual setting, we know attendees will leave inspired and form lasting connections,” said Tim Ozgener, Co-Founder and President of OZ Arts Nashville. “We are looking forward to delivering an experience that honors all the reasons this event has become known as one of the community’s most unforgettable evenings.”
This year's event is co-chaired by a powerful group of women who have made an extraordinary impact on the Nashville community. Those women include:
- Sherri Neal, Chief Diversity Officer at HCA Healthcare and OZ Arts Board Member
- Michelle Gaskin-Brown, Manager, Public Policy at Amazon
- Kate Chinn, Head of Community Relations at AllianceBernstein
- Marjean Coddon, consultant and OZ Arts Board Member
For more information and to purchase tickets for 2021's "Conversations at OZ," visit ozartsnashville.org/conversations2021/.