"Listen" by artist Ashley Lukashevsky is a framed 16x20 print created as part of the embRACE L.A. initiative.

embRACE L.A. is an initiative aimed at unifying Angelenos and empowering communities through a citywide conversation about race and racism challenging and changing inequities. Launched by Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson and Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell the initiative seeks to foster understanding, healing and growth throughout L.A.

embRACE L.A.'s multidimensional approach focuses on changing narratives, building relationships and advancing public policy solutions. Through a wide-variety of programs and strategies, the initiative is an unprecedented partnership between government, organizations and residents.

Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator + visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is currently based in Echo Park. Lukashevsky dreams of using illustration and art as a tool to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She believes that in order to tear down these systems, we need to be able to dream of world without them. She aims to draw what that world looks like. For more information, visit http://www.ashleylukashevsky.com/