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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 [...]

22 05, 2015

On shaking hands . . . and seeing through side-eyes

2017-04-23T22:01:17-04:00May 22nd, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

On shaking hands and quivering voices and stammered words and heart flutters that could be heard across the Brooklyn Bridge On spending a moment [...]

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