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RACIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES

Last Updated 11/01/2024
 

Dance/NYC seeks to dismantle white supremacy in dance and amplify the autonomy of the African, Latina/o/x, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) community. Please refer to Dance/NYC’s Racial Justice Agenda to learn more about our work. 

Dance/NYC’s vision for a just, equitable, and inclusive dance ecology is short- and long-term and encompasses changes to policy, investments, programs, attitudes, and actions impacting ALAANA artists, cultural workers, and audiences. Dance/NYC recognizes that racial justice does not exist individually or siloed from additional equity areas and interrelated forces of oppression (e.g., disability, immigrant matters, economic justice) in its work nor in the lives of its constituents. Instead, racial justice requires an intersectional approach that builds upon multiple areas that together create a more just, equitable, and inclusive dance ecology. 

Below you can find a list of organizations and service providers working towards racial justice in NYC’s dance and wider arts field. 

This list is not comprehensive, and Dance/NYC welcomes information about additional resources. Please e-mail programsassistant@dance.nyc with suggestions.

For continued learning around racial justice within and beyond the arts, reference the racial justice resources and organizations/service providers on our Dance. Workforce. Resilience. Resource Library.

 

Dance/NYC Racial Justice Information

 

Organizations

  • Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) - an arts, culture, education and media organization that advances cultural equity, racial and social justice for African descendant communities. CCCADI offers a collective space where African descendants honor the contributions of the global African Diaspora through exhibitions, performances, conferences, educational programs, and international exchanges. 

  • International Association of Blacks in Dance preserves and promotes dance by people of African ancestry or origin, and assists and increases opportunities for artists in advocacy, audience development, education, funding, networking, performance, philosophical dialogue, and touring.

  • Angela’s Pulse nurtures innovation, collaboration, and community-building through our performance platforms, facilitation, consultancy, and leadership development programs. We center Black stories, spaces, and people as a liberatory practice for all those we engage with. 

  • Black Dance Changemakers is a group of Black dancers redefining performance through choreographed movements of change. We unite and uplift our community through leadership, education, and service.

  • The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) is an egalitarian community of scholars and artists committed to exploring, promoting, and engaging African diaspora dance as a resource and method of aesthetic identity.  Through conferences, roundtables, publications and public events, we  facilitate interdisciplinary inquiry that captures the variety of topics, approaches, and methods that might constitute Black Dance Studies. ​

  • Art Noir is an NYC based global collective and 501(c)(3) with a mission to celebrate and highlight the work of creatives of color while catalyzing cultural equity across the arts and culture industries.

  • artEquity provides tools, resources, and training at the intersection of art and activism. With over 5,000 individuals trained, and a growing alumni community, artEquity is building a broad base of individuals and organizations who are strategically poised to create and sustain a culture of equity, inclusion, and justice through arts and culture. 

  • Asian American Arts Alliance is dedicated to strengthening Asian American artists and cultural groups through resource sharing, promotion, and community building. 

  • Final Bow for Yellow Face is an initiative committed to eliminating outdated and offensive stereotypes of Asians (Yellowface) on ballet stages. 

 

Trainings & Consultations

 

Dance/NYC seeks to facilitate the sharing of information and resources to the community during this moment. Dance/NYC bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external sites. Please contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.

 
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