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A POET READS SOLIDARITY STATEMENTS FOR PALESTINE

Poster from Palestine Solidarity Event in Washington DC, May 2021. Photo by Rasha Abdulhadi   February 2022 | Rasha Abdulhadi   During the pandemic, I’ve noticed medical professionals and even Long Covid advocates start with data from an apartheid colonial

14 ROOTS ARTISTS GRAPPLE WITH AN UNFAMILIAR WORLD

Rodger French plays accordion in The Theatrical Outfit’s production of Indecent, March 2020. Photo Credit: Jake Pearce Photography.   February 2022 | Hunter Wes   The decision to pursue a career in the arts is always fraught, with the fears

AN ARTIST DANCES ALONE TOGETHER

Screenshot of the Social Disdancing Dance Party via Zoom. Photo by Bear Hebert, 2020.   February 2022 | Marie Lovejoy     March 12th, 2020. The artist opens her inbox. Abundance of Caution… Monitoring the situation… In accordance with CDC

A FILMMAKER WORKS TO ERADICATE HUNGER

Feed Durham’s Katina Parker prepares trays of food for Thanksgiving 2021. Photo by Jas Leeward.   February 2022 | Katina Parker   Maybe 10 years back, I’d stood in my gravel drive, bewildered by the dozens of strangers purposefully criss-crossing

ROOTS is Hiring: Executive Assistant (Full-Time)

  January 21, 2022 | ROOTS Staff    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.

ROOTS is Hiring: Member Services Associate (Full-Time)

January 21, 2022 | ROOTS Staff    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,

ROOTS is Hiring: Partnerships Programs Associate (Full-Time)

  January 11, 2022 | ROOTS Staff    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.

Not So Hidden Disability Erasure in the Theatre

Samuel Valdez and Paul Araujo in AND HE BECAME A MAN presented at Cine Libertad in Tijuana, Mex. Nov. 8th 2019. Photo by Bryant Hernande.   November 2021 | Shannon Ivey   According to the United States Centers for Disease

Dreaming Together: Emergentheatre (for a better world)

Justice von Maur in Savannah, Georgia, Fall 2020. Photo by Doreen von Maur.   November 2021 | Helms Jarrell   Justice von Maur is an activist rooted in the sun, the ocean, the dirt, the body, and feeling. Justice is

Lux Matters/Love Is All The Rage

Screenshot from muthi reed’s video work, Lux Matters/Love is All the Rage, 2021   Lux Matters/ Love Is All The Rage – a conversation with muthi reed   November 2021 | Hunter Wes & muthi reed   “My grandparents, the

ROOTS is Hiring! Full Time Accountant

  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

40 Magnificent Feet of Visibility: Creative Placemaking in Tampa, Florida

Detail of the mural “Painting Ourselves Visible” mural by Aya Tarek. Photo by Ameena Khan.   September 2021 | Nicole Garneau   “Painting Ourselves Visible” seeks to celebrate and increase the visibility of Arab, Middle Eastern/North African (MENA), and Muslim

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF “NORMAL:” JAVA, DJEMBES, AND DJELIS

L-R Kam Kelly, LaQuita Marie Staten, workshop participant, and Corey The Talented Blind Guy leading the 757 Unity Drum Circle, June 2020. Photo by Karen Pino.   September 2021 | LaQuita Marie Staten   What do you get when you

SOULCENTER’S VISION OF WAYMAKING IN THE SOUTH

SoulCenter participant Ekio with Dr. Shanya Cordis. Photo by SoulCenter Fellowship Alum, Marcus Hughes, The Riff, 2019.   September 2021 | Shanya Cordis   The vision to create SoulCenter came to Erin Michelle Washington, Founder and lead Waymaker, in successive

I KNOW YOUR STORY. DO YOU KNOW MINE?

September 2021 | Jennifer Oladipo   See members of the Lumbee tribe sitting together: sharing stories; sharing a practice; sharing space; sharing breath. I’ts the first weekend in July 2021: Lumbee homecoming weekend in Pembroke, NC, and it’s one of

YINGGE AND HIP HOP UNITE

Ancient Chinese and modern-day American social justice heroes come together to defeat universal threats to humankind in the Atlanta Chinese Dance Company’s original piece “Together,” co-choreographed by Kerry Lee (Chinese dance) and AJ Paug (hip hop). Video stills from the

2021 UpROOTing OPPRESSION SERIES

2018 ROOTS Week UpROOTing Oppressions. Photo by Melisa Cardona   A continuación en español.   Welcome to the 2021 model of Alternate ROOTS’ very own organically grown, custom-made anti-racism/anti-oppression workshop series. ROOTS has a long history of anti-racist and anti-oppression

Wendy

Wendy she/her/hers Professional Auntie [Cultural Organizing Director] wendy@alternateroots.org The Programs Director executes the overall management, design, implementation, administration and evaluation of ROOTS Week and ROOT S Weekends, and our regranting program, Artistic Assistance. ROOTS Week is Alternate ROOTS’ signature event

Paige Heurtin

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Paige Heurtin she/her/hers Caretaker, Peacemaker & Implementer [Operations Director] paige@alternateroots.org Paige is the leader of the Operations team, and sees her role with ROOTS as providing a firm and sturdy foundation for ROOTS’ programs work. Paige’s main responsibilities are managing

Nicole Gurgel-Seefeldt

Nicole Gurgel-Seefelt she/her/hers Communications Orchestrator & Story Strategist [Communications Director] nicole@alternateroots.org As the Communications Director, Nicole implements the strategy for all internal and external communications. Working closely with Programs and

Alternate ROOTS supports the creation and presentation of original art that is rooted in communities of place, tradition or spirit. We are a group of artists and cultural organizers based in the South creating a better world together. As Alternate ROOTS, we call for social and economic justice and are working to dismantle all forms of oppression—everywhere.