Purpose does not have to be a grand thing . . .
"your girl is going through it. I can't say if it's all these planetary transitions, the continued attack of white cishetero patriarchy, my brain [...]
PURPOSE is taking a journey to transform ourselves
Nine years ago today, I sent an email naming and claiming PURPOSE Productions. Even then, I knew PURPOSE wasn't mine. I never had [...]
A #LiberatedLifestyle Statement: Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy
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 [...]
How is PURPOSE Productions doing?
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 [...]
From Manifestation to Mothering: A New Mission
I will never forget the first day I met Alexis Pauline Gumbs. I had heard tales far and wide of her genius, her sweetness, [...]
Black Joy . . . FOUND
from Dance Black Joy: Global Affirmations and Defiance In February, I had the pleasure of attending the third convening organized by the Collegium for [...]
Reflections on a Portrait of America
I often remember, in moments when I saw Michelle Obama on television, wondering: how much is she not saying? what silences lie behind those [...]
Check us out in November’s Dance Magazine
I had a great time interviewing with Dance Magazine's Ryan P. Casey about PURPOSE's thriving practices, and offering tips for negotiating and naming your [...]
Would you rather be safe or FREE?
We are creating cultural innovators and sustaining cultural legacies... no, actually we are cultivating the cultural innovators that will sustain our cultural legacies. A [...]
FROM THE TEAM: Reflections on the Journey
We're nearly one month away from our #bawse skills workshop! We've been sharing glimpses of the experience on the #PURPOSEgram - from quotes that [...]