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At ROOTS Week 2026, we cracked open the first shipment of Stories from Alternate ROOTS…

Nov 5

📣 📣 PLEASE VOTE 🗳️ 🗳️ and then enjoy the calming effects of the natural beauty that…

Nov 3

Alternate ROOTS is our members, and our members are artists.

Oct 29 · ♥ 28

One thing that makes ROOTS Week different from other conferences is that we incorporate…

Oct 27 · ♥ 40 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

50 years worth of stories, over 50 contributors, almost 150 interviewees…

Oct 27 · ♥ 51 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

Children and young people are not only welcome at ROOTS Week—they co-create the culture…

Oct 19 · ♥ 37 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

ROOTS After Dark is the special sauce of ROOTS Week.

Oct 12 · ♥ 23

ROOTS stays guided by is founders and elders—because they keep showing us the way!

Oct 8 · ♥ 42 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

🔒 Applications for Artistic Assistance Project Development are now closed.

Oct 7 · ♥ 15

We gather for ROOTS Week in order to struggle together…

Oct 6 · ♥ 56 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

🎇 TODAY is the DEADLINE for Artistic Assistance Project Development applications.

Oct 5 · ♥ 22

🪘 ONE MORE WEEKEND to write your proposal, craft your budget…

Oct 2 · ♥ 35

HARD WORK: that’s what we do!

Oct 1 · ♥ 30

🎨 ROOTers!

Sep 29 · ♥ 66 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

Relationships are the center of everything we do at ROOTS Week.⁠ ⁠ Old friends fall into…

Sep 23 · ♥ 33

✍🏽 TODAY is a great day to start your application for Artistic Assistance Project…

Sep 21 · ♥ 156 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

🏋🏿 Crafting a grant proposal might feel like a lot – but don’t worry…

Sep 14 · ♥ 38 · Alternate ROOTS Essentials

🔋Today we open the Project Development round of our longest-running funding program…

Sep 10

Alternate ROOTS honors the artists and cultural workers whose labor shapes our world!

Sep 3

Thank you, ROOTers for this meaningful time of connection, collaboration, and creation.

Aug 9

⭐ 🌠 If a trip to Little Rock is not in the cards this summer…

Jul 29

☑️ The Proposed Alternate ROOTS 2026-2027 Executive Committee Slate was announced earlier…

Jul 24

🪑 Join us TODAY Thursday, July 23 on the virtual porch!

Jul 23

⭐ Virtual ROOTS Week Registration Open Now!

Jul 21

It’s time to get ready for ILI Year 8!

Jul 17

⭐ Virtual ROOTS Week Registration Open Now!

Jul 15

☑️ The Proposed Alternate ROOTS 2026-2027 Executive Committee Slate has been announced!

Jul 14

Need space for your love, disappointment, anger, rage, hope, grief, frustration…

Jul 1

⚽ 🙌🏾 We’re celebrating the World Cup AND we’re also celebrating the @noiceinthecup2026…

Jun 29

💥 Register for ROOTS Week by Friday, June 26!

Jun 25

In honor of Juneteenth, the ROOTS office will be closed Thursday…

Jun 18

💥 More On-Campus Tickets Available for ROOTS Week!

Jun 4

🪕 The Alternate ROOTS office will be closed Friday, May 22-Monday…

May 21

🪇 HUGE THANKS to all of the ROOTS members who made our FIRST EVER Virtual Business…

Apr 30

🪇 Virtual Business Meetings are FUN at Alternate ROOTS!

Apr 16

☎️ Reactivating Our Regional Reps Model with Regional Warm-Up Calls ☎️ ROOTers!

Apr 15

📢 Attention ROOTS Members!

Apr 6

📢 Attention ROOTS Members!

Mar 26

🌸 Registration open for ROOTS Week 2026: 5 days of dancing, deliberating, drumming…

Mar 18

💥 PUBLIC Registration now open for ROOTS Week 2026…

Mar 13

🪑 Join us TODAY on the virtual porch!

Mar 12

🖌️ Deadline March 16: ROOTS Week thematic artwork Request for Qualifications!

Mar 10

📣 One more week to submit nominations for Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee (ExComm)…

Mar 9

🪑 Grab a seat on the virtual porch to talk about ROOTS Week 2026!

Mar 5

🖌️ Attention visual artists!

Mar 4

As we near the end of 2025 we’re reflecting on the this year’s theme…

Dec 19, 2025