Claudia Alick, Author at Calling Up Justice!

Theatre Folx of Color

Group of theater folx on Facebook who identify as BIPOC (Black Indigenous, People of Color) led by Jocelyn Prince. A brave space to provide support

Calling Up Understanding Land Acknowledgements

The Calling Up Justice practice integrates decolonizing greetings for our in person and digital gatherings. This is a performance of creating access for those who feel alienated by the denial of colonization. It is important to interrupt normalized white domination. This practice is more traditionally called “Indigenous Land Acknowledgment” but we like to distance ourselves from the idea of nation and ownership and also open it up to include all populations negatively impacted by colonization and Supremacy Culture.

Calling Up Understanding Cancel Culture

NOV 5, 2019 11:03 AM CANCEL CULTURE IS NOT A THING There is no such thing as “Cancel Culture” . Canceling requires power to deplatform

Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation

Cultural Appropriation involves the commodification or misrepresentation of cultural elements, perpetuates stereotypes, disrespects or distorts the original culture, and contributes to the erasure of the contributions and experiences of the culture being appropriated.

Calling Up a response to police violence in Fort Worth

OCT 15, 2019 9:26 AM When a community is in crisis we provide The Every 28 Hours Plays to them for free. Several theaters sent

Calling Up Video Conference Communication Agreements

OCT 2, 2019 8:24 PM We often co-create communication agreements from scratch with the groups we collaborate with as part of the Calling Up practice.

Calling Up Reflections on Dismantling Ableism

SEP 16, 2019 3:11 PM Dismantling ableism can be as simple as dialoguing with the community and using language more thoughtfully. This is an example

The Urgency of Intersectionality

Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term “intersectionality” to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you’re standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you’re likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.