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In the essay “Chicano Cultural Resistance, a Case Study Across Generations,” Tanya Mote documents the emergence of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement in Denver in the late sixties, and shows how culture, the reclaiming of narratives, and authentic knowledge of lineages grounded and gave power to the tightly knit Mexican American community of Denver’s Westside neighborhood.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio to read this essay and others in the “Why Culture Matters to Justice” series.⁠ ⁠ The Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) is a program of the National Performance Network (NPN).⁠ ⁠ Photo credits:⁠ ⁠ Slide 3: Celebration with piñata in historic La Alma. Image from Denver Public Library. ⁠ ⁠ Slide 5: Denver redlining map, 1938. Image from Denver Public Library. ⁠ ⁠ Slide 7: View of Latino students from West Denver High School during their "walk-out" in March 1969. Image from Denver Public Library.
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In the essay “Building a Reparative Framework for Cultural Equity: Redesigning Creative Business Through Solidarity Economy,” Allen Kwabena Frimpong explores how the current creative industrial complex’s autocratic structure uses hierarchies to create bottlenecks, strip artists of their agency, and funnel wealth exclusively upward to elite entities – and why we need to adopt a four-part reparative framework if we want to create cultural equity for systemically oppressed groups.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio to read this essay and others in the “Why Culture Matters to Justice” series.⁠ ⁠ The Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) is a program of the National Performance Network (NPN).
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In the essay “Experience As a Whole: Expanding the Boundaries of Cultural Strategy,” Evan Bissell explains why we must dissolve the boundaries between culture, politics, and economics if we are to achieve lasting social change. Through the lens of “experience as a whole,” Evan looks at three projects from his own career where “culture is both object and agent of change, and the work intentionally engages the interrelation of economic, political and cultural ways of being.”⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio to read this essay and others in the “Why Culture Matters to Justice” series.⁠ ⁠ The Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) is a program of the National Performance Network (NPN).
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In the essay “What Is Cultural Justice?”, Vanessa Whang discusses how shifting our language from “arts and culture” to “cultures and arts” reorganizes our understanding of the roles these play in moving us towards justice. Vanessa makes visible how the trappings of liberalism have hindered the ability to build cultural strategies to shape a new world.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio to read this essay and others in the “Why Culture Matters to Justice” series.⁠ ⁠ The Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) is a program of the National Performance Network (NPN).
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Culture, and the artists and cultural workers who help shape it, are an integral part of all revolutionary movements. In “Culture and the Moment,” Sage Crump introduces a new essay series from the Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) called “Why Culture Matters to Justice.” Sage describes the strategies oppressive forces use to keep us in a culture of repression and dominance, and argues that culture is a living, evolving organism that shapes us all and has the capacity to be shaped through intention.⁠ ⁠ The essays in this series are designed to grow our understanding of culture as a force for transformation. Through these works, we hope to provoke dialogue, influence strategy, and deepen practice.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio to read “Culture and the Moment” from the “Why Culture Matters to Justice” series.⁠ ⁠ The Culture Justice Initiative (CJI) is a program of the National Performance Network (NPN). You can also find this series on Howlround, Convergence magazine and Landscapes.⁠ ⁠ Pictured on slide seven, from top left: Tanya Mote, muthi reed, Vanessa Whang, and Brandon Black. From bottom left: Evan Bissell, Allen Kwabena Frimpong, Sage Crump, and Riley Yaxley.
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NPN is thrilled to announce its 2026 Praxis Project fund awardees. Praxis Project funds support organizational partnerships between arts and social justice organizations to increase the capacity for local visionary organizing.⁠ ⁠ Praxis Projects launched in 2025 with 11 projects and we are excited to welcome 4 additional projects to this funding experiment.⁠ ⁠ These projects operate at the intersection of culture, art, civic participation, immigration, community organizing, indigenous sovereignty, political education, and racial solidarity.⁠ ⁠ Praxis Project awarded $40,000 to four NPN Partner organizations and local community organizations/collectives. This fund supports experimentation, collaboration, and the deepening of relationships to deeply embed cultural organizations into the local organizing for change infrastructure. These projects move beyond transactional engagement and toward transformative exchange – fostering collaboration, shared learning, and long-term impact.⁠ ⁠ 2026 Praxis Project Awardees:⁠ ⁠ - DiverseWorks + Emily Johnson / Catalyst + Good Medicine Indigenous Music Festival⁠ ⁠ - Miami Light Project + Americans for Immigrant Justice + Florida International University’s Public Humanities Lab⁠ ⁠ - La Peña Cultural Center + the Freedom Archives + Center for Political Education⁠ ⁠ - Youth Speaks + Oakland Rising⁠ ⁠ Read the full announcement and learn more about each of these projects (link in bio) Logos of eight arts, cultural, and social justice organizations arranged in four white panels against a vibrant pink and purple background.
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Whenever I return from a @weareili space, I return with greater intention to honor my ancestors, keep cultural praxis at the center of the work, and further imagine freedom. DREAM BIGGER, WITH, AND BEYOND. I leave with a deeper understanding of myself, a richer connection to this beautiful community that we are building across oceans, borders, and ponds, and I carry with me, an unrivaled motivation to continue in this work. My work. World building. FamILI, spirit, ancestry, connection, celebration, communion, a shared walk, joy, play, reflection, resilience, and innovation. Thank you: to ILI for holding me all these years and continuously extending an invitation to me to see, be seen, and shape this thing we love; to Damia, Wood, and New Orleans for holding each of us with such poise and generosity, the elder cultural leaders - both in New Orleans and within our ILI community - y’all are beacons/thank you for sharing your light. To the facilitators and partners, forever grateful to each of you. It was an honor to be with you all again. Until next time! ✌🏾🖤 “Stay wild Moonchild.”
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Congratulations to WOCA member, Sage Crump @sagesense , who was recently appointed Co-Executive Director of the National Performance Network (NPN) @npnarts . After serving twelve years on the organization's leadership team, Sage will now continue her work alongside her fellow Co-Executive Director, Caitlin Strokosch. Having known Sage as a dedicated mentor for WOCA's Leadership Through Mentorship program and lifelong organizer, we are excited to see the impact she, alongside Caitlin and the NPN team, will bring forth when intention, resources, and support are shared for the benefit of artists, organizations, and their communities. Show your love in the comments and read the full press release on the NPN page, @npnarts ! #womenofcolorinthearts #womenofcolorlead #artsleadership
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Huge Congratulations to Art2Action Board Member @sagesense on her newest role as Co-Executive Director of @npnarts alongside the amazing Caitlin Strokosch! NPN shares, “Together with NPN’s national network and a committed, experienced staff, Crump and Strokosch will deepen the organization’s work at the intersection of art, justice, and movement building; continue supporting artists whose practices challenge dominant systems and imagine alternatives; and strengthen alliances with cultural and social justice organizations working toward a more just world.” As a longtime NPN partner, we couldn’t be more thrilled about this leadership team. Read the full press release at the link in @npnarts bio!
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Today we announced that Sage Crump and Caitlin Strokosch will lead our organization as Co-Executive Directors, marking a new chapter for National Performance Network. The co-leadership model recognizes the complexity of the moment facing artists and cultural organizations and reflects our longstanding commitment to collective responsibility and cultural power.⁠ ⁠ See link in bio for full press release. ⁠ ⁠ Pictured: Caitlin Strokosch (left) and Sage Crump (right), NPN’s new Co-Executive Directors. Photo by Daniel Pruksarnukul.⁠ NPN Co-Executive Directors Caitlin Strokosch and Sage Crump stand together outside. The concrete wall behind them is teal and has a mural painted on it, only part of which is visible. Text at the bottom reads: Introducing NPN Co-Executive Directors Caitlin Strokosch & Sage Crump
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Years ago when we start our family, we understood that sowing life and expectations into our children would bring about desirable output and outcomes. The more we planted the more we harvested. As time continued we began to understand that we needed to share more of what we had in our community. As our harvest grew so did our understanding of how much people loved us and our efforts. These feelings served as incredible fuel even when the dollars were slow. But as we all knew, things must change. And as our harvest expanded so did our responsibilities. Some of which has removed much of our presence from the public eye. But please know, we are still in the fields! Sowing, reaping, producing, and providing a positive healthy harvest for those that knew us most.
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A sliced up triangles of these three melons I had in the house, placed them around the edge of the plate. I did a hard sear pan sauté on some onion and bell pepper with just a little salt and pepper, and placed it in the center of the melons. I then put my Creole pan sautéed Louisiana speckled trout on top of my sautéed onions and peppers. Then I threw down.
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