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.
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.
Facebook and ROOTS
ROOTers get ready, cause this might make your head spin: You can now share AlternateROOTS with your facebook world, simply by clicking the blue facebook 'share' link at the bottom of the page/s you want to publish and share with your facebook friends.
In addition, when you write a BLOG or a FORUM on the ROOTS site, it will automatically publish to the ROOTs facebook page (hint: lots more people will read it).
And thirdly, people can now become facebook fans of ROOTS from the ROOTs homepage.
Can I get an AMEN?
Reconcilation out of Agitation
Greetings ROOTS members!
I have a question for you. Last Spring when the local theater in my community which is called
The Prince, announced it was producing a new play about the history of
Chestertown MD with a similar subject to the outdoor 1777 reenactment play that
is performed outside every year at the Tea Party Festival, I had a question.
How can you as a community theater, be preparing a new play
about freedom and equality without recognizing African American history and
presence in this community?
closing down the fiscal year
Dear ExCom and RSC Members,
ROOTS fiscal year ends on December 31, 2009. I would like to have all outstanding bills (including requests for reimbursement) in to the office by December 15 so that they can be paid within the fiscal year. Please let me know if you're having any trouble tracking down paperwork or receipts and we'll see what we can do.
In community,
Shannon "Moneybags" Turner
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.
2010 C/APP Overview
Greetings RSC folk,
This is your friendly neighborhood RSCer, Carlton. Since the RSC retreat at the Annual Meeting, I have been working with Gwylene Gallimard and Trey Hartt on the C/APP process, timeline, and application. We have come up with a solid draft. I have attached it to this posting and would like for you to go over it at your leisure.
As it stands right now, the major change to the C/APP grant is that there is now support for Partnership Development. This is for partnerships that aren't quite ready to apply for project support but want to explore the possibilities of a deeper and more engaged partnership. The amount is up to $2000.
The current timeline for the 2010 C/APP grant is as follows:
Website Tutorial
hey ROOTERS!
i have some good news. there is now a tutorial up on the website that goes over the website and all of the fabulous tools that are available to folks. please check it out:
http://alternateroots.org/technical/member
if for some reason you cannot view it, it might be that you are not current in your membership dues. if that is the case, you can renew your membership here:
http://alternateroots.org/membership/login
thanks!
ana
The Subversive Potential of Art by Carol Becker [abridged]
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