Resources for Social Change

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 ROOTS Workgroup, which means that it identifies itself around a particular body of work.

Atlanta monthly Rhizome

Date/s: 
06/15/2012 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Price: 
FREE
Short Description: 
As the current Chair of the Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee, Jaehn will host a monthly ROOTS rhizome ~ social event ... art salon ... gathering ~ on the 3rd Friday of each month. Information and conversation about the development of the new 3 year-long Strategic Plan for Alternate ROOTS is on the agenda for the May and June gatherings. Please join us. An R.S.V.P. in advance is greatly appreciated. Please bring a modest amount of food or libations to share. Are you allergic to felines? Two small cats live on the premises ... take yer meds !
Contact Information: 
Jaehn Clare / jaehnclare{AT}jaehnclare[dot]net / cell = 404-693-5273 / 144 Avery Street, Decatur 300303-3801

Atlanta monthly Rhizome

Date/s: 
05/18/2012 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Price: 
FREE
Short Description: 
As the current Chair of the Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee, Jaehn will host a monthly ROOTS rhizome ~ social event ... art salon ... gathering ~ on the 3rd Friday of each month. Information and conversation about the development of the new 3 year-long Strategic Plan for Alternate ROOTS is on the agenda for the May and June gatherings. Please join us. An R.S.V.P. in advance is greatly appreciated. Please bring a modest amount of food or libations to share. Are you allergic to felines? Two small cats live on the premises ... take yer meds !
Event Website URL: 
www.JaehnClare.net
Contact Information: 
Jaehn Clare / cell : 404-693-5273 / jaehnclare[AT]jaehnclare{DOT}net / 144 Avery Street, Decatur, GA 30030-38901

Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative in Association with Maria Bauman and WOW Cafe Theatre Present...RingShout for Reproductive Justice: FREEBIRTH

Date/s: 
03/09/2012 - 7:00pm - 03/10/2012 - 10:00pm
Image: 
EGolden03/06/2012 - 2:58pm
Price: 
10.00 online / 15.00 at the door
Short Description: 
After a billboard surfaced in SoHo proclaimed, "the most dangerous place for a black child is in the womb," Body Ecology launched a visionary RingShout for Reproductive Justice campaign with radical performance as a major tool for sustained dialogue about reproductive freedom for Black women. The third performance confronting this issue, FREEBIRTH is an interactive, multi-media performance exploring Black women's power to liberate our bodies, lives and reproductive choices.
Event Website URL: 
http://rs4rjfreebirth.eventbrite.com/
Contact Information: 
Ebony Noelle Golden Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative Creative Director www.bettysdaughterarts.com ebonygolden@bettysdaughterarts.com 9194233780

Ride From Atlanta to Baltimore and Back

Date/s: 
06/21/2011 - 7:00am - 06/27/2011 - 7:00am
Price: 
Share gas costs.
Short Description: 
Hi - I'm driving to ROOTSFest/NLE from Atlanta and am looking for one person to ride with me both ways, if possible. My schedule is: Leaving Atlanta 7AM Tuesday, June 21; Leaving Baltimore 7AM Monday, June 27. I have to arrive a day early and leave a day late to be present for the complete event as ROOTS staff. Let me know ASAP is you are interested.
Contact Information: 
Bailey Barash bailey.barash@gmail.com 678-358-2349

RSC & C/APP relationship in Baltimore

Hi everyone,

This is a discussion forum to examine how the
Community/Artist Partnership Program (C/APP) and Resources for Social
Change (RSC) interact when working in specific communities.

We
will use this opportunity to look at the C/APP projects currently
underway in Baltimore, MD. Bring up questions, concerns, successes and frustrations. Hope has agreed to moderate this online
discussion. This discussion board will supplement other conversations
via phone and face-to-face. Please let me know if there are any
logistical issues accessing this discussion forum.

I want to kick
off the conversation by asking the question: how do we, as artists from
outside a particular community, create sustainable community arts

CONFERENCE CALL on ARTS, CULTURE, MEDIA AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Date/s: 
05/18/2011 - 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Price: 
free
Short Description: 
Arts & Democracy Project invites you to join a national briefing RSVP for call-in number: rsvp@artsanddemocracy.org  We invite you to join us for a nation-wide conference call discussing the role of the arts, culture and media in economic justice organizing and movement building in communities across the United States. FEATURING Michael John Garcés, Cornerstone Theater/Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras (Los Angeles); Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United (New York City); Todd Wolfson,Media Mobilizing Project (Philadelphia) MODERATED BY Javiera Benavente, Arts & Democracy Project Michelle Miller, SEIU

Clear Creek Festival

Date/s: 
09/02/2011 - 5:00pm - 09/04/2011 - 12:00pm
Image: 
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)

RSC at the Maryland Institute College of Art Convening

Date/s: 
03/13/2011 - 5:15pm - 03/15/2011 - 5:15pm
Short Description: 
Tuesday March 15th 1:15-2:45 PM Alternate ROOTS' Pedagogies of Change: Arts for Local Action and Sustainability Ebony N. Golden, Creative Director, Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative Omari Fox, Visual and Performing Artist, New DANGER Movement, RSC Gwylene Gallimard, Visual Artist, Collaborative Performance Designer Hope Clark, Mediator, CulturalOrganizer, Facilitator, Trainer A team of Alternate ROOTS Resources for Social Change (RSC) members have created an outline of chapters for a book they are writing to reflect on the organization's programmatic activities, successes and challenges, the outcome of which will create a series of Action Lesson Plans. This Learning Exchange will animate and engage in discussions and activities about how to best make these Action Lesson Plans effective. Those interested in curriculum development, community-based arts practice and cultural arts for community development and sustainability, should participate in this Learning Exchange.
Event Website URL: 
www.mica.edu/Research_at_MICA/Research_in_Community_Arts/Community_Arts_Convening_and_Research_Project/Convening_Schedule.html
Contact Information: 
Hope Clark - 917 442 9424

Theater Development Funding Grant

Date/s: 
02/06/2011 - 3:12pm
Short Description: 
Theater development funding opportunities announced
Event Website URL: 
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=322800029
Contact Information: 
See website(s)

Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline Symposium Series – 100 Stories in 100 Days

Date/s: 
10/16/2010 - 9:00am - 11/06/2010 - 9:00am
Price: 
Registration is $ 5 and includes lunch
Short Description: 
Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline Symposium Series – 100 Stories in 100 Days These forums are sponsored by ACET, ACLU of Georgia, Georgia State Conference NAACP, Gwinnett STOPP, and Interfaith Children's Movement. Through a series of five regional forums, a strategic plan for statewide action for the dismantling of the "School to Prison Pipeline" (STPP) will be developed. Information obtained through this symposium from key stakeholders; students, parents, education community, legal community, elected representatives, civic community, and faith community groups will form the foundation of a plan that will improve the educational environment for Georgia's students. Register on-line http://www.acluga.org/sttpsymposium.html SCHEDULE: October 16th Savannah (Congressional Districts - 1, 12) October 23rd Macon (Congressional Districts - 2, 8, 12) October 30th Valdosta (Congressional Districts - 1, 2, 8) November 6th Dalton (Congressional Districts - 9, 10, 11)
Event Website URL: 
http://www.acluga.org/sttpsymposium.html

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts and the University of California, San Diego

September 27, 2010

Dear colleague,

On November 19th, 20th and 21st, the University of California Institute for Research in the
Arts and the University of California, San Diego will be hosting the 4th annual State of the
Arts conference. The theme of the conference, Future Tense: Alternative Arts and
Economies in the University, provides a broad umbrella under which to consider the
encroaching privatization of public education and the complex mix of economic, cultural and
social forces currently placing pressure on the status of the arts within the research university, as
well as the notion of the university itself as haven for liberal arts education.

The State of the Arts conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of practitioners

Greater New Orleans Foundation Impact 2010 Grant RFP

Date/s: 
08/21/2010 - 8:00am - 09/03/2010 - 12:00pm
Short Description: 
The Greater New Orleans Foundation will award a total of $700,000 in grants through IMPACT 2010 to organizations serving the Greater New Orleans region. Grants will be awarded in six categories: Arts & Culture, Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Education, Health, and Human & Social Services.
Event Website URL: 
http://www.gnof.org/apply-for-a-grant/community-impact-program/
Contact Information: 
Please direct all IMPACT 2010 questions to Lauren Cecil or Isabel Barrios at 504-598-4663, or e-mail your question to grants@gnof.org (please include the word “Question” in the subject line).

Fund for the South Grant

The Fund for the South has a smallish grant for organizations in the South for goals like anti-racism programs.

See this website for details   http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm

Grant for Anti-racism work in the South

Date/s: 
08/24/2010 - 10:00am - 09/01/2010 - 10:00am
Short Description: 
Fund for the South Grant: See website
Event Website URL: 
http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm
Contact Information: 
See website

Fund for Southern Communities Invites Grant Proposals

see website:  http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm

Fund for Southern Communities Invites Grant Proposals

Date/s: 
08/25/2010 - 1:00pm - 09/01/2010 - 7:00am
Price: 
Free
Short Description: 
Fund for Southern Communities Invites Grant Proposals for Social Change Activities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to promote environmental justice, anti-racism efforts, women's rights, youth development, LGBTQ rights, workers' rights, civil rights, disability rights, and other social issues.... Deadline: September 1, 2010 Posted: July 10, 2010
Event Website URL: 
http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm
Contact Information: 
See URL

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


 

Planning Meeting in Baltimore May 14 & 15 2010

In case you wanted to know the agenda.
Peace.
Hope

Agenda Categories

Friday 5/14-

10 a.m. - Meet at Bon Secour and then tour Highway to Nowhere: 45-60 minutes, and Coppin State University, and Pennsylvania Avenue.

11:30 a.m - Arrive by at Bon Secours: 26 North Fulton Street, 2nd Floor conference room. .

Attendees so far: Magnet School, PNC Bank, Womb Works, Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore Heritage, Parks and People, Morgan State University, Brain Francoise, ROOTS Staff, Hope Clark, April Turner, "Bobby B", Rebekah Jones

Agenda: Working Lunch-Ashley will coordinate getting lunch in

1) Overview of the festival; The Big Picture -11:30-1:00 pm

Rent our Technology: making the technology ROOTs has developed available to the system.

So this is a hunch, but it's an educated one.  The technology that was recently created for ROOTS (integrated website, membership, registration, directory and development systems) might be something that could potentially be very valuable to other organizations.  If this is true for you, read on.

It would be in the best interests of an organization with a mission like ROOTS to facilitate that technology becoming available cost effectively to ROOTS organizations.

There are a couple of different scenarios and business models that would support something like that.

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