A forum for discussing issues of representation and cultural appropriation in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, led by Naomi André (Associate Professor in Women’s Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Associate Director for Faculty at the Residential College at the University of Michigan), Mark Clague (Interim Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs at the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance), Jessica Getman (Managing Editor at the U-M Gershwin Initiative), Elizabeth James (Program Associate at the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies), and Willie Sullivan (UMS Development Coordinator).