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Founder and PURPOSE-full Leader
21 06, 2020

A #LiberatedLifestyle Statement: Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy

2022-11-27T18:53:53-05:00June 21st, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |4 Comments

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 [...]

21 09, 2018

From Manifestation to Mothering: A New Mission

2018-09-21T15:16:18-04:00September 21st, 2018|Categories: Get to Know PURPOSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |25 Comments

I will never forget the first day I met Alexis Pauline Gumbs. I had heard tales far and wide of her genius, her sweetness, [...]

22 03, 2018

Black Joy . . . FOUND

2018-03-22T15:00:20-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

from Dance Black Joy: Global Affirmations and Defiance In February, I had the pleasure of attending the third convening organized by the Collegium for [...]

14 02, 2018

Reflections on a Portrait of America

2018-02-14T20:02:14-05:00February 14th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I often remember, in moments when I saw Michelle Obama on television, wondering: how much is she not saying? what silences lie behind those [...]

8 11, 2017

Check us out in November’s Dance Magazine

2018-09-21T15:11:59-04:00November 8th, 2017|Categories: Get to Know PURPOSE, Workshops|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

9 06, 2017

Would you rather be safe or FREE?

2017-06-09T14:29:42-04:00June 9th, 2017|Categories: Workshops|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

We are creating cultural innovators and sustaining cultural legacies... no, actually we are cultivating the cultural innovators that will sustain our cultural legacies. A [...]

15 05, 2017

FROM THE TEAM: Reflections on the Journey

2018-09-21T15:12:16-04:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: Get to Know PURPOSE, Workshops|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

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 [...]

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