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This just in: The 34th Annual Meeting will take place August 10 - 15, 2010 at Lutheridge Conference Center! Read more about the 2010 Annual Meeting here.
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Alternate ROOTS is an organization based in the Southern USA whose mission is to support the creation and presentation of original art in all its forms, which is rooted in a particular community of place, tradition or spirit. As a coalition of cultural workers we strive to be allies in the elimination of all forms of oppression. ROOTS is committed to social and economic justice and the protection of the natural world and addresses these concerns through its programs and services.
Alternate ROOTS is very excited about the new website, and the impact it will have in serving the membership of Alternate ROOTS. If you have any comments or suggestions, please click here and tell us what you think!Introducing our Members...
Caron Atlas is a cultural organizer working to support and stimulate arts, media, and culture as an integral part of social change and civic participation. She directs the Arts & Democracy Project of State Voices and the Arts & Community Change Initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development. She is also a consultant to Fractured Atlas and the Ford Foundation, and teaches in New York University’s Art and Public Policy program. Caron was the founding director of the American Festival Project, a national coalition of activist artists; and she also previously worked with National Voice, Animating Democracy, and Appalshop.
“YOU. WILL. NOT. STOP. DANCING.
The best part about living in the ‘2000’s is the different genres of music that smash like atoms, creating a brilliant flash of energy. Such is the genesis of the Inner City All Stars, who slams together old-school funk, New Orleans jazz, D.C. GO-GO, rap from back in the day and blaxploitation wah-wah rock into one big booty-shakin’ jam.” - JONANNA WIDNER, DALLAS OBSERVER
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Resources for Social Change (RSC) is a training program developed by ROOTS that teaches ideas and techniques to create social change through art. This program began in recognition of the need to institutionalize ROOTS’ knowledge in the field. RSC trainers are artists experienced and schooled in the methods of using and bringing art into communities that traditionally may not have considered the important role that the arts can play in addressing oppressions and effecting social change.
