The EDI Industrial Complex may be seen as a vested interest that influences public policy and decision-making, with the goal of promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion for profit or other agendas. Some critics argue that the EDI Industrial Complex may be focused on managing the symptoms of inequality and discrimination rather than addressing the root causes. Calling Up Justice believes in familiarizing yourself these concepts.
The Howlround anthology celebrates a decade of publishing essays, livestreaming events, and bringing theatre practitioners together to amplify progressive and disruptive ideas, and exists as a result of the thousands of theatremakers who have shared their collective wisdom through contributions to this commons-based free and open platform. In publishing this anthology, they hope to further our vision of a theatre field where resources and power are shared equitably in all directions, contributing to a more just and sustainable world. The writing highlighted offers a much-needed reminder that alternatives to the status quo are possible, and we are making them together by practicing otherwise everyday.
Real quick movie review! This film is safe to watch with children and the whole family. It’s cute, it’s watchable, the kids will like it a lot. It has cultural appropriation, but has several featured black roles and feels not racist and not anti-woman. That’s an accomplishment for a Roald Dahl project.
Artistic and Process Statement: Claudia Alick’s “Black Men Dancing” began as an exercise working with the male figure. She had been primarily celebrating the black femme form and pivoted to male bodies for this project. This was a time where Claudia was obsessed with making the AI generators produce Black people which required a surprising amount of effort. Somehow even black outlines were suggesting white identities an it took specific prompts and specialized fine tuning data to get this result. She fed in images references from sports, history, and dance. Music paired with video is On Time – Metro Boomin & John Legend
An incomplete list of some of the publications and Podcasts related to Calling Up Justice from 2022. Including NPR,Cripping Media Art Ecologies, Interspectional, and Trek Table
Spoiler free review of Glass Onion. It’s a hit go see it. we enjoyed the elegant structure, fabulous, set ups, and payoffs, great cast, and of course the class politics. The final moments of the film are deeply satisfying. Janelle Monáe is transcendent and brilliant. She deserves all the awards.
In 2021 Calling Up Justice was contracted by Kyong’s Pacific beat to create and launch Mosaic Network Online Portal. We studied and interviewed representatives from several platforms such as Hopin.to and Circle and chose the Mighty Network Platform.
After designing the portal we created orientation materials. These included FAQ, live orientation sessions, written tutorials and videos. We also provided 1-hour long, bi-weekly Consultations for Portal Moderation and Maintenance to the Mosaic team for 21 months. We also posted content and engaged with the content of others while answering any questions.
Artistic and Process Statement: Claudia Alick’s “WOMAN” began as an exercise in creating a series of Black women dancing. It was actually a complicated task of using different prompts to get images that resulted in the right images. The machine kept producing white dominant images if Claudia was not specific. The animation was meant to evoke Black joy and femme power. She named the piece “Woman” and searched for a song to add to the animation. She chose the song Woman from Doja Cat.
Accessibility check-ins disrupt ableism in meeting culture. The majority of meeting systems, structures, and cultural norms are centered around the needs of abled, neurotypical participants. As a result, neurodiverse and people with disabilities
are prevented from fully participating. An accessibility check-in provides an opportunity at the beginning of a gathering for every participant to share what they need in order to bring their whole selves to the process. These check-ins play an important role in
developing an accessible workplace, establishing a culture of inclusion, as well as fully supporting individual participants. They are great for business, art, and education setting.
Collaboration is the process of working together with others to achieve a common goal. Collaboration can bring a number of benefits, both for individuals and
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