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The America Project
The America Project Working Group is a national affiliation of 40 artists, administrators, scholars and activists committed to the core values of creativity, authentic exchange, and civic engagement with diverse communities. The purpose of the Working Group is:
- to encourage organic connections between members that result in peer-to-peer learning and the development of partnerships and collaborative projects; and
- to provide informational resources and financial support for projects that join creative process and public engagement in service to imagination, civic dialogue and critical citizenship.
Each Working Group member collaborated in some way with Sekou Sundiata on The America Project. Recognizing the profound impact of his work, members share a desire to both honor and continue that work by keeping his vision and methodology alive. Examples of Working Group activities are:
- Meetings and discussions during which members share ideas and models for community engagement in creative process and serve as a resource for each other in planning and implementing projects;
- Members' site visits to gain first hand knowledge of, and learn lessons from, another member's work;
- Support to local, regional or national civic engagement projects;
- Support for new performing arts projects to be developed and produced using the America Project methodology; and
- Documentation and dissemination of project and events.
Through this affiliation, we intend to carry forward the vision Sundiata realized with such forthrightness and clarity: to empower diverse people to jointly explore the intricate and powerful connection between their citizenship and their creative voices.