Greater Metro Atlanta Area

When you create a blog, or a forum post, or a group posting on the website, you have the opportunity to select a group that the post is relevant to. The idea is that the members of these groups will automatically get an email that let's them know what was posted, and gives a direct link to the post.

This group is a Rhizome Cluster, which means that it identifies itself around a region.

Clear Creek Festival

Date/s: 
09/02/2011 - 5:00pm - 09/04/2011 - 12:00pm
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Tambone04/16/2011 - 12:36pm
Price: 
$25 for the weekend
Short Description: 
Join us for this year’s Clear Creek Festival, a homecoming for you and yours over Labor Day weekend when the woods will be alive with summer’s sunshine, the stage will be graced with great performers, healing & community arts will fill the air and the family-friendly, good community vibe will have us all comin’ home all weekend long! Check out the festival website for details and updates on this year's great performers, healing arts workshops and activities, our second Clear Creek film festival and everything you need to know about camping and logistics.
Event Website URL: 
http://www.clearcreekfest.org/
Contact Information: 
Robert Martin (b@incitearts.org) or Carrie Brunk (c@incitearts.org)

4th Annual King Peace Program

Date/s: 
02/08/2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
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STurner02/02/2011 - 1:43pm
Price: 
Free
Short Description: 
American Friends Service Committee Southeastern Regional Office In partnership with The King Center, Amnesty International USA- Southern Region, Metro Atlanta DSA Performing Artists for Nuclear Disarmament, Open Door Community, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Atlanta Grandmothers For Peace, Atlanta International Action Center, Nuclear Watch South, WonderRoot, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta, Human Rights Atlanta, Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and the Friends School of Atlanta Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr. "MLK Jr., and the Friends" 6~6:45PM Reception 6-8PM Social Justice Marketplace 6:45-9PM Program
Event Website URL: 
http://www.thekingcenter.org/KingCenter/Directions.aspx
Contact Information: 
The King Center/Freedom Hall 449 Auburn Avenue, NE Atlanta 30312 For additional information 404-819-7863 or alovelace@afsc.org

Be an Extra for a Music Video!

Musician and environmentalist Ben Sollee needs extras for his upcoming music video, and he's looking to the talented world of Atlanta artists for help. In the video, Ben will be on his bike, passing through a moving, cardboard cut-out world. We need people to help make that world come to life on screen.

The shoot days are Wednesday, February 16th and Thursday, February 17th, and the extras would need to be able to commit to both days. This is a volunteer opportunity, but everyone will be receiving a "hot meal and a credit," as well as a possible live sneak-peak of Ben's upcoming record.

Verizon Opens the Search for Local Atlanta Mural Artists

I'm working with Verizon on their How Sweet the Sound gospel competition to find "The Best Church Choir in America." This year, Verizon is conducting a search to commission a qualified artist to create a mural to compliment the How Sweet the Sound competition and pay tribute to the spirit of gospel music in their hometown.  Verizon will select a local artist to represent their city during the How Sweet the Sound 2010 tour in each of the tour communities throughout the country to create a mural installation on a highly visible building wall.  Details can be found at http://www.howsweetthesound.com/general/mural

Motion to Amend the Alternate ROOTS By Laws

The Executive Committee of Alternate ROOTS proposes to make the following amendment to the By Laws:


Motion to Amend the ROOTS By Laws from


ARTICLE IV.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS


 

Social Enterprise and Social Change: Should Nonprofits Embrace Business and the Market?

Date/s: 
04/22/2010 - 8:00am - 11:30am
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STurnerMon, 04/19/2010 - 16:40
Price: 
FREE EVENT
Short Description: 
Michael Edwards, author of Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World Featured Speaker Michael Edwards is a writer and activist affiliated with the think tank Demos, the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester University in the UK. From 1999 to 2008 he was director of the Ford Foundation’s Governance and Civil Society Program, and he previously worked for the World Bank, Oxfam, and Save the Children. Panelists include: Ann Cramer, Director Americas, IBM, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs Rhonda Mims, President, ING Foundation; Senior Vice President, Office of Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility Jackie Parker, Vice President, Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Philanthropy, Newell Rubbermaid Corporation
Contact Information: 
8:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:45 - 11:30 am Program and book signing Held in the Rich Theater Woodruff Arts Center RSVP: michaeledwardslecture@woodruffcenter.org

Public Urban Art - a manifesto


Location:Freedom Parkway Trail between Moreland and Euclid, Atlanta, GA

National Dance Project Accepting Applications for Production Grants


http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=271300019




National Dance Project Accepting Applications for Production Grants



Posted on October 29, 2009Deadline: March 2, 2009 (Round 1 Application)Administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts,
the National Dance Project provides a system of support for
contemporary dance by supporting the creation (production) and
engagement (touring) of dance in the United States and beyond.

NDP's production grants fund the creation of new dance work that

Basic English Lessons for ROOTers…

Basic English Lessons for ROOTers…

Many ROOTS members are not writers as their first discipline, but we communicate every day through email, proposals, etc.  Please take a few minutes to review the most frequent violations of the English language spotted in ROOTS communiqués. 

Its – is a possessive.  For example, “its place,” “its function,” “its proper usage…” 

WonderRoot Launches Literary and Visual Art Magazine Project

WonderRoot Launches Literary and Visual Art Magazine Project

Loose Change: a literary collection of community voices


Atlanta, GA

WonderRoot, a non-profit organization located in Reynoldstown announces the launch of a new literary and visual art magazine called Loose Change. Loose Change is a publication that strives to facilitate a supportive artistic environment for those who seek to express themselves in the world of literary and visual arts. We are devoted to allowing participants to explore their craft, allowing range of language and medium while participating in an evolving dialogue. We are committed to being a nurturing theater of learning for those who seek aesthetic growth.

October 9, 2009

Jo Carson, a founding member of Alternate ROOTS, is in the midst of a pitched battle with colon cancer.

Jo has been a self-supporting artist for more than 30 years.  Since quality, affordable health insurance is extremely difficult for independent artists to obtain, the insurance coverage Jo has is utterly insufficient to her current need – her policy will cover her surgery, but not the extensive chemotherapy and radiation she is currently under-going.

You can help by making a donation through ROOTS to Jo's Medical Expenses Campaign.  Please click here to make that important contribution.

Donate Air Miles to ROOTS

Hello ROOTERS,

If you attended the Annual Meeting, you may remember that among other suggestions that could help ROOTS, we suggested that members could donate frequent flyer miles. This would allow us to do the necessary travel to raise funds for programs and services, and save money in our budget!

Please contact us at the office if you or someone you know has extra miles you'd like to share.

Thanks for your continued support. 

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Rhizome Activity - Lakefest, October 3 & 4

by STurner - 09/28/2009 - 11:17am

Alternate ROOTS at LAKEFEST 2009!

Mark your calendar now and plan to join us in beautiful Pine Lake, Georgia on October 3rd and 4th. Alternate ROOTS members will offer for sale an astounding variety of original art and edible treats at Booth #4. Festival hours Saturday 10 till dark, Sunday 12 - 6, rain or shine. Artwork still needed. Please email Eleanor Brownfield at stagemgrefb@yahoo.com to make donations.

For more information, www.alternateroots.org and www.PineLakeLakefest.com

Shannon M. Turner
Manager of Programs & Services
Alternate ROOTS

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