Week of Events
First Storytellers Festival, A Celebration of Native American Theatre
In response to the need for Native theatre artists to work with other Native creatives to develop their shows, First Storyteller’s Festival was created. Each year the festival will develop work for the stage by Native artists from all over Turtle Island, educate the next generation of Native storytellers and help reclaim the narrative for Native stories.
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
LEARN the real history of our country through the voices of Native people, European colonists, and historians. INTERACT — Experience this history as you never have before. UNDERSTAND why this history matters to all Americans today. RESPECT Native Americans’ rights, cultures, and presence.
NAACP Civic Engagement Messaging, Research, and GOTV Activations Launch
NAACP Civic Engagement Messaging, Research, and GOTV Activations Launch
Join the NAACP for an important call as we unveil our Messaging and Research for the 2024 Election Year! We’ll be diving into the data and polling we've gathered to boost Black Voter Turnout and discuss the impactful strategies that will emerge from this research. We will also launch our Civic Engagement Messaging and Research Toolkit with scripts, talking points, and graphics for the upcoming election. Your voice matters, and together we can shape a powerful narrative for this election cycle!
The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun
The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun
Join us for a great night of theatre, as we present a staged reading of a new ten-minute play by Justin P. Lopez (Mapuche) followed by a staged reading of a new full length play by Steve Callahan (Osage).
Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Women Webinar
Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Women Webinar
Please join the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) as we summarize national concerns and emerging issues for Tribal leaders and representatives to consider in preparation for the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation.
Savage
Savage
Join us for the development of an exciting new musical by Chickasaw writer/composer Nicolette Blount, co-written by Lindel Hart! Savage is a musical drama based on the life of Chickasaw sharpshooter and silent film actress, the unconquerable Wanda Savage.
Authentic Allyship
Authentic Allyship
Monica Williams, Chief Consulting Officer of The Equity Project, will lead a presentation addressing how to show up as an authentic ally through DEIA practices.
Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights
Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights
Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their inaugural First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts from playwrights’ work will be performed live by indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Presented as part of Creative Nations’ First Storytellers Festival and co-presented by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.
Jose Posada: The Art of Protest Workshop In-Person
Jose Posada: The Art of Protest Workshop In-Person
Create a broadside print with Museo de Las Americas! Learn about Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada and his use of art as protest. All participants will take home their creation.
First Storyteller’s Festival: Embers Borne West
First Storyteller’s Festival: Embers Borne West
Join us for a staged reading of the new play Embers Borne West. It’s a time-shifting tale about intergenerational resilience and identity, as two very different generations of a Cherokee family move to Los Angeles, in 1927 and in the present day. Stay after the show to participate in the audience discussion with the writer – a crucial part of developing new work!
The Justice Film Series Launch
The Justice Film Series Launch
Set in Berlin and New York, FROM HERE interweaves the stories of Tania, Miman, Sonny and Akim -- artists and activists raised in the Global North to parents from the Global South. The film accompanies them as they move from their 20's into their 30's, facing major turning points: fighting for citizenship, creating a family, surviving violence, and finding creative expression. Beautifully shot over the course of ten years, the film captures theur struggle to define belonging for themselves in societies increasingly hostile to their existence.
First Storyteller’s Festival: Pink Man or the Only Indian in the Room
First Storyteller’s Festival: Pink Man or the Only Indian in the Room
Pink Man: or The Only Indian in the Room follows a young Ojibwe on a semi-autobiographical, semi-realistic journey of self-discovery as he battles tradition, stereotypes, and himself. Mixed-blood and white-presenting, Pink Man deals with internal and external struggles over identity and heritage, always worried about how others see him.