Article by Jasmine Brown Empowering, insightful, and inquisitive are just a few of the words that could sum up the impact of the Community Organizing Learning Exchange, held in Atlanta on November 1-3. Keynote Speaker and cultural organizer Tufara Waller…
Moral Injury Killed My Cousin
By Lynne Santiago A few weeks back, I had the privilege of being invited to view a live performance of Speed Killed My Cousin, a new play by Linda Parris-Bailey and The Carpetbag Theatre, during a rehearsal showing at University of…
Whisper, Howl, Sing: C/APP Projects Listen, Then Tell
This year’s Community/Artist Partnership Program (C/APP) projects share many connections. Each of the four projects merge art and activism, spring up out of local communities, and address the need for healing in the face of trauma and oppression. Last month we heard…
Global Village Chorus
Elise Witt, Global Village Chorus, Decatur, GA The project focus is 1. to expand and develop the Global Village Chorus by adding a Global Village Ensemble at the Global Village Project (GVP), a school for teenage refugee girls in Decatur…
Project South
Project South, Atlanta, GA The University Sin Fronteras recognizes that successful popular movements in the U.S. have always endeavored to deploy art and culture as a substantial, capable, and strategic conveyer of the espoused goals of their efforts. Through research,…
Clear Creek Festival
“Bobby B” Martin, Clear Creek Festival, Clear Creek, KY Clear Creek is proposing a Land, Water, Food, Stories project in Bob and Carrie’s local community Big Hill/ Disputanta Kentucky. This work will be centered on the themes of loss and…
Appalshop
Appalshop, Harlan/Whitesburg, KY Appalshop’s Youth Media Program is partnering with the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College to offer college credit for participating in the media programs offered by Appalshop. The proposal to ROOTS is to support the strengthening of…
ALIENS Taco Truck Theater Project
ALIENS Taco Truck Theater Project / Teatro Sin Fronteras. Conceived by José Torres-Tama & ArteFuturo Productions in Partnership with Puentes New Orleans The ALIENS Taco Truck Theater Project / Teatro Sin Fronteras aims to transform a food vehicle into a theater…
Soundtrack ’63
Stephanie McKee, Junebug Productions, New Orleans, LA Junebug Productions, Inc. (JPI), proposes a new project that is being built from the partnerships of artists, activists and educators interested in documenting and reflecting on the legacy of the civil rights movement.…
Magical Moments, Critical Connections and Cry You One
Article and Photo by Monique Verdin People keep asking me how I got involved with Cry You One. The journey deserves its own chapter really as it has been an unimaginable story involving a magical series of critical connections and unexpected…
A Call To Action, A Time to Make Our Presence Felt
In just two short years, Alternate ROOTS will turn 40. In the build-up to this milestone, we are launching A Call to Action – a three-year initiative that will deeply investigate our work as artists and cultural organizers. During each year of…
Clearing The Creative Path: Self & Community Love
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lorde In a powerful declaration of self-love, Audre Lorde reminds us that caring for ourselves is inextricably linked to our work…
Safe In Our Streets: A Precursor to SpiritHouse’s Harm Free Zone Project
Judgment they pass first, always tryin to break us, we always survive Black August Haiku of 2011 Community, safety, love, food, security, family, fun, dance, song, life, death, poverty, wealth, elders, youth. All of these things exist in our communities…
The Power of Aesthetics: Reflections on Maya Lin’s The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial
This is the third of four articles about the Alternate ROOTS Power and Aesthetics Learning Exchange, held in Washington D.C. on September 21 and 22. Other articles can be found here and here. 58,000 names engraved in the panels of…
Andrea Assaf
Supporting participation in the 2014 TCG conference in San Diego, CA, and the pre-conference that will be held in Tijuana, Mexico, June 18-21, 2014
Dora Arreola
Travel to Italy for an invited residency at La MaMa Umbria, and mentorship by legendary actress and master teacher, Rena Mirecka
Elise Witt
Work with Jessica Lily to design and create a new website that is user friendly, is artistically engaging and has clear, attractive, and complete content, so that online presence is easy and satisfying to navigate See ROOTS Member Profile here.
Ivy Parsons
Purchase small – scale metal fabricating tools to create small scale sculptures and models for larger sculptures that could be used as parts of proposals or applications for large scale commissions
Joanna Russo
Voice lessons over a five month period with Bremner Duthie, a classically trained singer
