While we may not be sharing space or holding hands for weeks/months, we’re leaning into the strength of our community during this uncertain time. Photo: Melisa Cardona. March 13, 2020 As the spread of COVID-19 in the US moves from…
Author: Melisa Cardona
“The Fierce Urgency of Now:” Alternate ROOTS 2020 Preview
Rebecca Mwase performing Looking at Abroad at ROOTS Week 2017. Photo by Melisa Cardona. On this day honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we at Alternate ROOTS are looking to the year ahead and…
ROOTS is Hiring: Executive Assistant
Alternate ROOTS supports the creation and presentation of original art that is rooted in community, place, tradition, or spirit. We are a group of artists, and cultural organizers based in the U.S. South, creating a better world together. As…
Sabbatical Reflection & Looking Forward
Ashley Walden Davis | December 11, 2019 Dear ROOTS Members, I am very blessed and filled with gratitude sending you this note just be for my return to work. To be completely honest, the sabbatical is not at all…
Climate Justice: ROOTS Members Shifting Culture and Policy
Another Gulf is Possible August 20th Day of Interdependence March, New Orleans, LA. Photo credit: Dario Parra. The effects of the climate crisis on our planet are felt more each and every day. From hurricanes in the gulf to the…
Alternate ROOTS Archives: at Home, at Amistad
ROOTS Week 2019, celebrating the archive’s move to Amistad in true ROOTS fashion: with a dance party. Photo: Melisa Cardona. We are thrilled to announce that – after many years of searching and even more years of precarious storage…
Uprooting Family
Vanessa Mercado Taylor, Marquetta Dupree, and their children, wearing “My Ancestors are Proud t-shirts by Liza Garza. Photo: Melisa Cardona. Vanessa Mercado Taylor The ROOTS Week Youth Village has provided space for generations of Alternate ROOTS’ kids – a space…
ROOTS Week 2019: Reflection
Photo by: Melisa Cardona By Word on the Street / La Voz de Los Jovenes Big thanks to our current Partners In Action cohort members Word on the Street / La Voz de Los Jovenes for this reflection on their…
Race & Representation: A Keynote Address
A Keynote Address[1] by Andrea Assaf Thank you, Alicia Burke, and thank you, Kathy Randels, for that wonderful introduction. Hey, ROOTS Fam! Oh, my goodness…I am so honored to be entrusted with doing a keynote for Alternate ROOTS, and…
ROOTS Commons Zine
muthi reed & Sage Crump This zine is the culminating artifact from a five-month investigation addressing ROOTS mission for economic justice in the world and within the organization. We have included references and resources from three webinars in which we…