Art of the Week: Ross Gay says Thank You for Both Joy and Mortality
“When I’m thinking about joy, I’m thinking about that at the same time as something wonderful is happening…we are also in the process of dying.” Ross Gay Credit: Ross Gay …
Art of the Week: The Cloaking Series Reframes History — Uncovering Truth with Joiri Minaya
Statue of Christopher Columbus behind the Bayfront Park Amphitheatre in Miami, cloaked in Joiri Minaya’s anticolonial fabrics. Credit: Zachary Balber, courtesy of the artist. By Noelia Almanzar, Alliance Intern from …
Song of the Week: Melodic and Rhapsodic El Paraíso by Nación Ekeko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ5HmtDcgks By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Through serene melodies, El Paraíso (Paradise), by Nación Ekeko (Ekeko Nation) with Julieta Venegas, invites us to reconnect with nature and appreciate the …
Art of the Week: Amanda Gorman’s Take on the American Dream, This Sacred Scene
Author, activist, and youngest Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Credit: …
Song of the Week: A Sweet Reminder to Accentuate the Positive and Be Kind – How Lucky We Are by Bobby Pelz, Jr.
By Alliance President Terry Gips Following what has felt to be a rather dark, divisive and difficult summer, there seems to be a new, more hopeful and positive energy coming …