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Applications Due 1/15/21

12/17/2020

 
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Applications for ILI Year 3 are now being accepted from established and emerging artists, culture bearers and other arts practitioners in various stages of career development.

Due to the pandemic, ILI will be a completely virtual experience. Participants will be able to participate via video call, phone, independent and group study, and by snail mail. In light of the nature of self isolation/quarantine and political uprisings in our society, ILI is committed to centering participant self care through and creating a culture of flexibility through the fellowship experience.
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ILI Zines Now Online!

9/30/2020

 
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Suzy González and César Ramos - ILI Fellows from Year 2 - teamed up to lead the creation of zines from each of the three ILI on-site intensives. With the creativity and perspective of contributing Fellows, these zines give a different artistic view of the experience.  In a recent interview, Suzy told us more about this collaborative project.

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Crisis Relief Grants for Arts & Culture Leaders

8/27/2020

 
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ILI Partners Announce $5 Million
Crisis Relief Grants for Arts & Culture Leaders 

Five organizations receive funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to re-grant to artists, culture bearers and other arts practitioners in the face of economic crisis.
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8/27/20 – The Partners of the Intercultural Leadership Institute announced today the launch of a $5 Million Crisis Relief Grants program funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The one-year funding will be distributed among the organizations Alternate ROOTS, First Peoples Fund, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures, PA’I Foundation and Sipp Culture to directly re-grant within the communities each non-profit organization supports.

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JUNETEENTH 2020: Sound & Visual Meditation

6/16/2020

 

SPECIAL ONLINE PRESENTATION: SUPER BLUES color Lux bath

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(r) muthi reed & (l) Angela Davis Johnson
New work from ILI Alum muthi reed. Presented on this year’s Juneteenth celebration of freedom and resilience, Scribe Video Center hosts a special performance of remote meditation and dreaming using sound and video. Super Blues color Lux bath is an aural and sonic play considering the implications of grief, connection, loss, meditation, the Blues, crisis, revolution, change, breath, heart, vulnerability, kinship, Eros and tonality. 

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Climate Justice Circle & Strategy Clinic - 6/25/20

6/11/2020

 
ILI Alum Joe Tolbert Jr. organizes Circles & Strategy Clinics through Peoples Hub. 
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ILI: The Beautiful Journey

5/7/2020

 
by ILI Fellow Alum Theo E.J. Wilson
Get a first-hand perspective on the ILI experience from this Year 2 ILI Fellow alum.

“Adventure often announces itself with a whisper; the magnificent disguised as the mundane” - Unknown.

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Theo & ILI Fellow Alum Lauren Fitzgerald
When I saw ILI alum, Bobby LeFebre, post the open call for submissions to the Intercultural Leadership Institute, I almost scrolled right past it.  I thought it was for LatinX activists only.  The opportunity looked great, but having the utmost respect for the culture, I didn’t want to infringe.  He quickly clarified that it was open to far more than just LatinX applicants, and for me to take the chance and apply.  I felt silly for not reading further into the details.  We had a good laugh, and I applied.

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Latest News on Year 3: 2020-21 Participation Guidelines

4/13/2020

 

UPDATE:

Due to uncertainty during the COVID-19 crisis, we are re-evaluating the dates for ILI Year 3 intensive convenings. We are still eager to hear from artists, culture bearers and other arts professionals while we take these steps: 
  • We are actively reviewing the timing for ILI Year 3 intensives based on the most current information.

  • We have extended the deadline to submit a Participation Interest Form to be open & rolling. If you planned to submit that interest, go ahead and do it now. When we know about the timing, it will make it easier to review and notify participants for Year 3.

​We will continue to notify you of new developments as they emerge. 
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We are excited to release the interest form guidelines for the third cohort of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI), a collaborative program of Alternate ROOTS, First Peoples Fund, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) and PA’I Foundation.
 
As leaders of these organizations, we have grown together, built trust with one another time over time and developed a shared analysis of the need for a leadership program of, by and for the artists and culture bearers in our communities. ILI is the result of our collaborative effort and we invite you to spread the word and encourage great potential participants to submit interest for the 2020-21 cohort. Thank you!
Michelle Ramos, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director
Lori Pourier, First Peoples Fund President & CEO
Maria López DeLeón, NALAC President & CEO
Vicky Takamine, PA’I Foundation Executive Director
Carlton Turner, Sipp Culture (founding member of ILI Partners Team)
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A Message to the ILI Community: Artist Resources in Challenging Times

3/16/2020

 

Staying Healthy, Secure & Connected

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During this rapidly changing time, the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) Partners & Facilitators want to share important information related to our dedication to arts & culture leaders and intercultural connection.
"Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away."
- Frida Kahlo

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Alum Update: Robert Martinez

2/21/2020

 
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Black Coyote in Blue by Robert Martinez
Robert Martinez is an ILI Fellow Alum from 2018/19. We caught up with him to hear about what he's doing now.

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Alum Update: Christopher D. Sims

1/25/2020

 
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​As the new year proceeds, and as I look towards a year of arts, culture, and all that those things encompass, I move forward knowing there is still much more to do. Combining social justice and creativity has been a testament to my relentless fire to form relationships and co conspire as a change agent.

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New Book Draws on ILI Experience

1/25/2020

 
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Drawing the Ensō by Shin Yu Pai, ILI Fellow Alum

I chose the title Ensō for my forthcoming book because it expresses both the practice of trying to make a thing perfect, and by implication the possibility of imperfection. Symbolic of the Japanese word for “circle” and evocative of Zen Buddhist practice, I wanted a name and a shape that could hold the various parts of my work as an artist.

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SHARING KNOWLEDGE, STORIES & EXPRESSION

8/14/2019

 
In May 2019, ILI Partner the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC) hosted the final of three place-based intensives for ILI Fellows in San Antonio, TX. The five-day leadership immersion brought together the second cohort of ILI Fellows for shared learning, personal exchange and to be immersed in a living Mexican-American culture grounded in indigeneity.
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2018/19 ILI Fellows Cohort, Partners and Facilitators at ILI San Antonio intensive. Photo: Melisa Cardona

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BIENVENIDOS A SAN ANTONIO

8/13/2019

 
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Welcome Message at ILI San Antonio by María López De León, President and CEO, NALAC
On behalf of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), I welcome you to San Antonio! We are proud to be hosting the Intercultural Leadership Institute as NALAC celebrates its 30th Anniversary; three decades of supporting Latinx arts and culture from our base on San Antonio’s historic WestSide. 

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ENVISIONING INTERCULTURAL FRAMEWORK

8/12/2019

 
Evonne Gallardo is the ILI Host Facilitator for San Antonio, the location for the third and final of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows. She shared her thoughts about the vision for what an intercultural framework and methodology might look like and how her own understanding of interculturality influenced her work at ILI San Antonio.
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Photo: Melisa Cardona

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REFLECTIONS: ILI - Aloha Aina

8/11/2019

 
ILI Fellow Carol Zou  shares her thoughts on ILI Intensives.
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ILI Fellows, including Carol Zou (left) and Edyka Chilomé (right) during ILI Intensive #2 in Hawai’i. Photo: Melisa Cardona

2018 was the year I lovingly nicknamed
“the year I cried at conferences.”


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HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI SAN ANTONIO INTENSIVE

8/8/2019

 
Get a glimpse into the ILI intensive experience through this day-by-day look.
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ILI Fellows in group exercise on opening day of ILI Intensive #3 in San Antonio, TX. All Photos: Melisa Cardona

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ILI LEADERS AFTA PRE-CONFERENCE

8/1/2019

 
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All Photos: Jenny Zander
In a partnership connected to the great cultural diversity of the Twin Cities region, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) joined with ILI Partners, Facilitators and Fellows to create a pre-conference learning experience prior to the 2019 AFTA National Convention in Minneapolis. ​

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SHARING RECLAIMED TRADITIONS

5/6/2019

 
In January 2019, ILI Partner PAʻI Foundation hosted the second of three place-based intensives for ILI Fellows in Hawaiʻi. The five-day leadership immersion brought together the second cohort of ILI Fellows for shared learning, personal exchange and direct experience with the true history and sacred places in Native Hawaiʻi. ​
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2018/19 ILI Fellows Cohort, Partners and Facilitators at ILI Hawaiʻi intensive. Photo: Melisa Cardona

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BRINGING THE BEST FORWARD

5/5/2019

 
Mehanaokala Hind is the ILI Host Facilitator for Hawaiʻi, the location for the second of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows. She shared her thoughts about preparing to engage Fellows in Native Hawaiian experiences, encouraging their best, and facilitating healing cultural practices.
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Photo: Melisa Cardona

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REFLECTIONS: ILI Intensive #2

5/4/2019

 
ILI Fellow muthi reed shares their thoughts and photos from ILI Hawaiʻi.
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Aloha. Mahalo. ‘Āina. Hawai’i. Land of sacred relationships thank you for welcoming us home to sovereign sensibility. Home is….. feelings and places of agreement, acceptance, awareness…. healing… sources of purpose….. kinships built from knowing and working side by side. Home is shared between us. Home is complex and difficult and maybe a myth. Regardless, the idea of kinship calls us lifetime after lifetime, in the people we meet, the conflicts we experience, the foods we savor and the places and spaces where we are held. ​

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HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI HAWAIʻI INTENSIVE

4/30/2019

 
Get a glimpse into the ILI intensive experience through this day-by-day look.
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Photo by Melisa Cardona

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SHOWING UP AND WORKING THROUGH

4/30/2019

 
Interview with Nijeul X. Porter, ILI Core Facilitator & Design Team Member
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Grounding moment at ILI Lakota intensive. Photo: Melisa Cardona
​Nijeul shared his thoughts about what he calls the “ILI Experience 2.0,” his personal reflections and his role as a model cultural leader.

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FELLOWS IN THE FIELD: Cultivating Love

4/29/2019

 
ILI Fellow liza garza and ILI Fellow Alum Eli Lakes form the mother/son musical duo GROW. In 2018/2019, they embarked on a tour of “living room shows” - connecting with like-minded communities to share their original music of Love and Healing. liza shared her experience, thoughts about interculturality and what she holds most dear as meaningful and valuable.
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CO-CREATING IS RADICAL

3/19/2019

 
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These days,  it seems easier to talk online than in person. ILI Alumni Fellow, Shey Rivera Ríos, is trying to change that. Shey Rivera Ríos isan artist and former artistic director at AS220, an internationally renowned arts center in Providence, RI. Rivera uses the mediums of performance, video, installation, and narrative to produce works exploring gender, family history, and colonization in Puerto Rico. After eight years at AS220, Rivera accepted a new role as Director of Inclusive Regional Development at MIT CoLab, in the Urban Studies and Planning department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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FUNDA FEST 21: Celebration of Black Storytellers

3/11/2019

 
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Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) recently had their 21st Annual Funda Fest: A Celebration of Black Storytelling which took place from Westerly to Woonsocket, Peace Dale to Providence on January 26 to February 3rd. ILI Fellow Valerie Tutson who is the Creative Director of RIBS and Fund Fest founder wanted a space for storytellers to share, teach and entertain with stories from the African Diaspora.

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