Relationships are the center of everything we do at ROOTS Week.⁠ ⁠ Old friends fall into each other’s arms at the registration desk.

New folks wander around looking lost until someone hands them a lemonade and urgently introduces them to someone they just HAVE TO KNOW. Colleagues from different worlds meet in the cafeteria line and piece together the journeys that brought them together at ROOTS Week.⁠ ⁠ Sometimes folks come to ROOTS Week with a hurt on their heart because of a difficult ROOTS relationship, and maybe they find some comfort in being held by community. We are all given the opportunity to meet conflict with grace at ROOTS Week. We help each other remember the centrality of our relationships, and we work to help each other move through sticky stuff.⁠ ⁠ At ROOTS Week, our relationships are tools of the revolutionary solidarity we need in order to dream and build a just and humane world. 📸mel cardona @melisacardona @dirt_femme @priscillagaysmith @macpeach2510 @lovelacealice @clear_creek_creative @lindaparrisbailey @whenshen7 @christine_gautreaux_msw @abuelitaladona @mdwellness @nikki.b1997 @lisaqmount @carolburchbrown