Nana Chinara is a gleaming glitterbeam, movement art conjurer, and PURPOSE-full Organizer. This excerpted letter embodies Nana's brilliance and power supported and affirmed by the values and collective support of PURPOSE Productions. Support Nana's ongoing organizing through their own Chinara Rituals, the collaborative work of Get Dis War Dance, or simply pay them directly [...] The post A #LiberatedLifestyle Statement: Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy appeared f...| PURPOSE Productions
How are you? This is a question I've asked and been asked more frequently in the last three months than I have experienced in my lifetime. I have felt profoundly loved and deeply overwhelmed. The next question a few will ask is, “How is PURPOSE Productions?” This is a question I can answer easily. [...] The post How is PURPOSE Productions doing? appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
The fascist project has no room for young people who think critically, question authority, or imagine a world beyond border walls, binaries, and bunkers… The antidote is not denial; it’s defi…| I AM AN EDUCATOR
As a brown person growing up in Columbus, Ohio, I almost became white| indi.ca
We have to admit that when we downloaded Adoring Allies, we were at a pretty low point in our political lives, we had just broken up with the tall, dark, handsome, and well-spoken man of our dreams and faced the future with pure dread. I mean, look at the prospects! Our relationship with our ex […]| Crutches and Spice
I have 22 scars on my body from surgery, I have dozens more I put there myself.| Crutches and Spice
Anyone who knows me well, has heard me speak extensively on the word “handi-capable.” I hate it. I often find its speaker to be desperate and cloying and quick to say such stupid things just because they are uncomfortable in the presence of someone with a disability. I take offense to hearing it because it […]| Crutches and Spice
About 5 years ago, I wrote a blog post calling out the problematics of Teach Like a Champion (TLAC). It gained a bit of traction, started some conversations about why this very controlling pedagogy…| teaching/math/culture
Here is the text of my out of office message for tomorrow’s #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM: Subject: Away and Not Responding in observance of #ShutDownAcademia Today I am away from my desk and not…| At The Intersection
