Carlton Turner | November 9, 2016 Carlton Turner shared this message with Alternate ROOTS’ staff and Executive Committee the morning after the election. Good Morning, I know that you are all disappointed with the outcome of last night’s election. Take…
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Investing In Culture: 50 Years of the NEA
ROOTS’ Executive Director, Carlton Turner was invited to the NEA’s 50th anniversary concert at the White House, in which New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty performed. Article by Carlton Turner, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director (Utica, MS) | January 5, 2016 On October…
The Risk of Hopelessness
On June 2, 2015, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director, Carlton Turner, presented the following as a keynote address at the Grantmakers in the Arts Racial Equity Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. Introduction: Georgia Men “Black people did not come back from Georgia.” “A man…
In Solidarity with Baltimore
By Carlton Turner, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director (Utica, MS) “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” –Frederick Douglass This quote has been on my mind today as I think about the uprising that is…
Reimagining ROOTS Week
A.R. SS Transformation X1 by Ariston Jacks (Little Rock, AR & Baltimore, MD) Article by Carlton Turner, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director (Utica, MS) ROOTS has had an amazing winter. We reorganized our staff structure and welcomed three new staff members, as…
Alternate ROOTS Receives Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact: January 27, 2015 Keryl McCord 404-577-1079 keryl@alternateroots.org Alternate ROOTS Receives Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Alternate ROOTS is pleased to announce that it has received a $600,000 three-year…
Facing Race Spotlight: Southern Artist Carlton Turner
Check out this fantastic new article about our Executive Director, Carlton Turner. Click here. Thanks, Colorlines, for your leadership of the field.
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Driving Sustainable Change from Our Cultural Roots
By Carlton Turner, Executive Director, Alternate ROOTS (Utica, MS) The following statements were prepared for and delivered at the Activating Networks: Changing Culture Through the Arts convening at the Ford Foundation on July 29, 2014. This program was made possible by…
Progress Theatre
About the Group: Houston-based Progress Theatre is a touring ensemble of multi-disciplined performers committed to encouraging social consciousness, cross-community dialogue and cultural awareness. Inspiring audiences with dynamic performances founder Cristal Chanelle Truscott brands “Neo-Spirituals,” these a’capella musicals are consciously, methodologically…