Emmanuel Mauleón served as the Walker’s Teen Programs Assistant between 2007 and 2009 and as a member of the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) from 2002 to 2006. He is in his final years at the UCLA School of Law, where he is specializing in Critical Race Studies and in International and Comparative Law.
Where the Interests of Art and Democracy Converge: DACA as a Call for Institutional Change
Responding to Donald Trump’s recent decision to end protections for immigrants in the DACA program, a former Walker Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) member, artist, and law student shares his perspective on the role of art institutions, including the Walker, in better serving as a place where—as Ralph Ellison put it—“the interests of art and democracy converge.”