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Arts & Culture
Year 4 ILI Fellow Robin Garcia Curates New Exhibition
Year 4 ILI alum Robin Garcia has co-created a new exhibition at USC in Los Angeles. Of Seed, Soil, and Stars – Mediations on Land,
ILI News
COVID Relief Impact Study Released
In March, 2023, the ILI founding partners Alternate ROOTS, First Peoples Fund, NALAC, PA’I Foundation, and Sipp Culture released a COVID Relief Impact Study to
ILI Hawaii/PA'I
ILI Hawai’i/PA’I Intensive 2023 – Site Visit Resource Information
ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay Date: January 27, 2023 ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay is located on the Hawaiʻi Island’s west shore near the Waikōloa Beach Marriott Resort Resort. It features
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The Moʻolelo of ILI in Hawai’i 2023
For the second in-person ILI intensive, the ILI Year 4 Fellows, ILI Partners and team gathered on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Hosted by ILI
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It All Starts Here! Sipp Culture ILI Cultural Intensive #1 for Year 5
For the first in-person ILI intensive of ILI Year 5, the Fellows, ILI Partners and team gathered in Jackson, MS. Hosted by ILI Partner the
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Wayfinding: PA’I ILI Cultural Intensive #1 for Year 6
For the first in-person ILI intensive of ILI Year 6, the Fellows, ILI Partners and team gathered in Honolulu, HI. Hosted by ILI Partner PA’I
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Connecting to Lakota Lands: ILI Cultural Intensive #3 for Year 5
For the third and final ILI Year 5 cultural intensive, Fellows, Partners, and team gathered on Lakota Lands. Hosted by First Peoples Fund, the 4+
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ROOTING in New Orleans: ILI Cultural Intensive #2 for Year 5
For the second in-person ILI intensive of ILI Year 5 hosted by Alternate ROOTS, the Fellows, ILI Partners made their way to New Orleans, LA.
Fellow Reflections
My ILI Journey
ILI Year 4 Fellow Monna Morton reflects on her ILI Journey. I have been trying to find the time to gather my thoughts, feelings, and
ILI in the South/ROOTS
Returning and Reconnecting
After nearly 6 months of virtual intercultural exploration, the ILI Year 4 Fellows and FamILI finally got to come together for the first of two
Arts & Culture
Met Museum Collects Suzy González Zines (including ILI Zines!)
Congratulations to Year 2 ILI alum Suzy González for being included in the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A collection
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Emmy Award for Alum Noel Quiñones!
Congratulations to ILI Year 2 Alum Noel Quiñones for winning an Emmy for his contribution to El legado de la Poesía Puertorriqueña (Legacy of Puerto
FamILI in the Field
WHY I BROKE UP WITH WEED
“Okay, I did not break up with weed, I broke up with the weed industry.” ILI Year 4 participant Sonia Erika reflects on the concept
Events
FamILI Dinner: ILI’s COVID Relief Impact w/Alison McNeil on Oct 4, 2023 6pm-8pm CT
GET A TASTE OF THE ILI EXPERIENCE! #FamILIDinners are online community workshops open to friends & family of ILI to jump into an intercultural workshop.
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FamILI DINNER #2 w/ Clementine Bordeaux
GET A TASTE OF THE ILI EXPERIENCE! #FamILIDinners are online community workshops open to friends & family of ILI to jump into an intercultural workshop.
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Contribute to the Intercultural Throughline
Contribute to the Intercultural Throughline This area is for logged-in members of the ILI community. Please learn more about ILI and it’s ILI Year program
Events
FamILI DINNER #1 w/ “Baba Don” Harrell
GET A TASTE OF THE ILI EXPERIENCE! #FamILIDinners are online community workshops open to friends & family of ILI to jump into an intercultural workshop.
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ILI Year 5 APPLICATION OPEN!
APPLY BY 10/28/22 We are excited to announce the guidelines and application for the fifth cohort of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI), a collaborative program
FamILI in the Field
Shin Yu Pai Launches New Podcast: The Blue Suit
ILI Alumn Shin Yu Pai launches a new project with KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. In a world full of stuff, what is worth keeping?
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ILI Alumni Talk Poetry: Shin Yu Pai & Theo Wilson in Conversation
Poet & Producer Shin Yu Pai & History Channel host Theo Wilson talk about their shared ILI leadership program journey and the power of poetry
ILI Alumni
ILI Alumni Event: Shin Yu Pai on KUOW Shorts
See more in this series from shin Yu Pai’s new project Join the KUOW Shorts live event series featuring Year 2 ILI Alum Shin Yu
ILI News
Meet the Year 4 ILI Team!
There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make each ILI Year a meaningful experience. Meet the Year 4 ILI Team! Some
FamILI in the Field
ILI Alumni News: Congratulations Esperanza Center & Graciela Sanchéz
The Wallace Foundation named the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center as one of 18 organizations in their 2022 arts initiative. The Center is directed by
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ILI is a year-long experience for artists, culture bearers, and other arts practitioners Meet the Year 4 ILI Participants Intercultural Leadership in Action The Intercultural
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APAP Honors Lori Pourier with Sidney R. Yates Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Performing Arts
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Honors celebrates and recognizes trailblazers and visionaries of the performing arts field. For more than five decades, the
ILI Year
The Year-Long ILI Experience The Intercultural Leadership Institute is a rigorous, year-long personal and leadership development experience created out of our shared commitment to pursue
ILI News
Welcome New ILI Partners!
The founding partners of the Intercultural Leadership Institute are pleased and honored to announce and welcome two new high-impact cultural organizations as partners of ILI.
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ILI Zines – INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
ILI Zines by Year 2 ILI Fellows Suzy González and César Ramos – ILI Fellows from Year 2 – teamed up to lead the creation of
ILI News
Welcome Year 5 Fellows!
We are excited to welcome the ILI Year 5 cohort of Fellows. Learn more about this group of leaders and follow their journey throughout the
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Intensives – INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
ILI Mississippi It All Starts Here! Sipp Culture ILI Cultural Intensive #1 for Year 5 For the first in-person ILI intensive of ILI Year 5,
ILI News
Welcome Year 6 Fellows!
We are excited to welcome the ILI Year 6 cohort of Fellows. Learn more about this group of leaders and follow their journey throughout the
ILI News
Welcome Year 4 Participants!
We are excited to welcome the Year 4 Participants to their cohort of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI), a collaborative program of Alternate ROOTS, First Peoples
Intercultural Throughline
Welcome to the ILI Intercultural Throughline This ever-evolving, interactive timeline gives our community members and guests an opportunity to contribute to or “pollinate” a timeline
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ILI Featured in “Moving Philanthropy Forward”
Hear from 10 sector experts on reshaping the world of giving in Submittable’s newest guide, Moving Philanthropy Forward! See ILI’s feature on page 30 with
Arts & Culture
ILI Participant Reflections: Rani Pramesti
We recently caught up with Rani Pramesti to talk about their experience in ILI Year 3, interculturalism, and their current artistic work in the field.
Fellow Reflections
ILI ROOTS Intensive
Alternate ROOTS served us the last workshop. I have endless gratitude for all the learning we had passed to us as members of the Year
Arts & Culture
Carrie Brunk Honored with Sallie Bingham Award
Congratulations to ILI Senior Advisor Carrie Brunk for being awarded the 2021 Sallie Bingham Award by the Kentucky Foundation for Women! “My goal is to
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ILI Alumni Arturo Herrera Interviews Artist Josué Emmanuel Fierro
Year 1 Participant Arturo Herrera recently interviewed and reflected on the work of artist Josué Emmanuel Fierro for the ILI Voices blog and his own
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ILI Participant Livestream: 8/25/21 “Phoning It In”
Open Call for Stories Phoning It In: Acts of Artist Activism Feat. Marlo De Lara/Carol Zou Livestream: Wednesday, August 25th on https://www.twitch.tv/coaxialarts 6PM PST As artists and cultural makers,
Fellow Reflections
ILI NALAC Intensive
Still reeling from the @weareili fellowship training from @nalac_arts . Been reviewing my notes from Dr. Ybarra-Fausto and as cultural workers and artists I keep coming back to the
Fellow Reflections
ILI PA’I Foundation Intensive
Loving the @weareili fellowship trainings! Excellent and vulnerable presentations from @paifoundation regarding what being Hawaiian means after all the settlers and various waves of migration, love for community,
Arts & Culture
Fellow Story: Tiffany Vega-Gibson
We recently interviewed ILI Year 3 Fellow Tiffany Vega-Gibson about her experience in arts & culture leadership and her hopes for her ILI experience. Please
Arts & Culture
ILI Alum Event: 8/21/21 Marshall Trammell’s Ebonics Native Land Acknowledgement #1
Pro Arts in partnership with AGENCY Oakland invites you to The LOOM, on August 21st, 2021, at 6:00PM for a public site-tuning event, entitled Ebonics Native
Arts & Culture
ILI Alum Event: COVID Stories: When the Hugs Went Away
Check out the new work by #ILIAlumni Jonathan Clark! The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. Re-Emerges from the Global Pandemic with an Original Virtual Production, COVID Stories:
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Apply for ILI Year 8 (2027/28) A fellowship program for culturally diverse artists and culture bearers that deepens connections for strengthened emergent and authentic leadership.
Arts & Culture
ILI Alumni Event: An Offering to Unsettle Settlement
“How does one make sense of their own participation in the world, taking into consideration pasts that have formed legacies of colonialism and disenfranchisement? This
ILI News
Welcoming Year 3 ILI Participants
We are excited to announce the cohort of Fellows for Year 3 of the Intercultural Leadership Institute. Please learn more about each of these extraordinary
ILI Lakota/FPF
He Sapa Tanyan Yahi / WELCOME TO HE SAPA
By Lori Lea Pourier, Maka Citomi Omani Win | Woman Who Walks the Earth.Oglala Lakota, President, First Peoples Fund My Lakota name was
ILI News
Crisis Relief Grants for Arts & Culture Leaders
ILI Partners Announce $5 Million Crisis Relief Grants for Arts & Culture Leaders Five organizations receive funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to re-grant
Arts & Culture
JUNETEENTH 2020: Sound & Visual Meditation
SPECIAL ONLINE PRESENTATION: SUPER BLUES color Lux bath New work from ILI Alum muthi reed. Presented on this year’s Juneteenth celebration of freedom and resilience, Scribe
The ILI Pilot
The ILI Pilot
Hosted by NALAC The pilot of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) was convened in the fall of 2015 at the Guadalupe Theater in San Antonio,
ILI Mississippi/Sipp
ILI Mississippi
Hosted by Alternate ROOTS The 2017-18 ILI fellows’ first intensive was held March 23-28, 2017 in Jackson, Mississippi, hosted by Carlton Turner, his family and
ILI Mississippi/Sipp
ILI Welcome to Mississippi
To change the nation, you must first change the South. To change the South, you must first change Mississippi. Welcome to Mississippi. The name Mississippi
FamILI in the Field
Climate Justice Circle & Strategy Clinic – 6/25/20
ILI Yr 2 Alum and Co-Facilitator Joe Tolbert Jr. organizes Circles & Strategy Clinics through Peoples Hub. How can we confront climate-related injustices while we
Arts & Culture
ILI Zines Now Online!
Suzy González and César Ramos – ILI Fellows from Year 2 – teamed up to lead the creation of zines from each of the three
ILI News
A Message to the ILI Community in Challenging Times
Staying Healthy, Secure & Connected During this rapidly changing time, the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) Partners & Facilitators want to share important information related to
FamILI in the Field
Alum Update: Robert Martinez
Robert Martinez is an ILI Fellow Alum from 2018/19. We caught up with him to hear about what he’s doing now. What have you been working
Arts & Culture
New Book Draws on ILI Experience
Drawing the Ensō by Shin Yu Pai, ILI Fellow Alum I chose the title Ensō for my forthcoming book because it expresses both the practice of trying to
FamILI in the Field
Alum Update: Christopher D. Sims
As the new year proceeds, and as I look towards a year of arts, culture, and all that those things encompass, I move forward knowing
ILI San Antonio/NALAC
SHARING KNOWLEDGE, STORIES & EXPRESSION
2018/19 ILI Fellows Cohort, Partners and Facilitators at ILI San Antonio intensive. Photo: Melisa Cardona In May 2019, ILI Partner the National Association of Latino
ILI San Antonio/NALAC
BIENVENIDOS A SAN ANTONIO
Welcome Message at ILI San Antonio by María López De León, President and CEO, NALAC On behalf of the National Association of Latino Arts and
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ILI San Antonio/NALAC
ENVISIONING INTERCULTURAL FRAMEWORK
Evonne Gallardo is the ILI Host Facilitator for San Antonio, the location for the third and final of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows.
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Fellow Reflections
ILI: The Beautiful Journey
by ILI Fellow Alum Theo E.J. WilsonGet a first-hand perspective on the ILI experience from this Year 2 ILI Fellow alum. “Adventure often announces itself
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HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI SAN ANTONIO INTENSIVE
ILI Fellows in group exercise on opening day of ILI Intensive #3 in San Antonio, TX. All Photos: Melisa Cardona Get a glimpse into the
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This area is for community members with log-in access. Please visit the ILI Voices area for stories about this year’s Virtual Institute as they are
ILI News
ILI LEADERS AFTA PRE-CONFERENCE
All Photos: Jenny Zander In a partnership connected to the great cultural diversity of the Twin Cities region, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) joined with
ILI Hawaii/PA'I
SHARING RECLAIMED TRADITIONS
In January 2019, ILI Partner PAʻI Foundation hosted the second of three place-based intensives for ILI Fellows in Hawaiʻi. The five-day leadership immersion brought
ILI Hawaii/PA'I
BRINGING THE BEST FORWARD
Mehanaokala Hind is the ILI Host Facilitator for Hawaiʻi, the location for the second of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows. She shared her
Fellow Reflections
REFLECTIONS: ILI Intensive #2
ILI Fellow muthi reed shares their thoughts and photos from ILI Hawaiʻi. Aloha. Mahalo. ‘Āina. Hawai’i. Land of sacred relationships thank you for welcoming us home
Fellow Reflections
SHOWING UP AND WORKING THROUGH
Interview with Nijeul X. Porter, ILI Alum, Past Contributor Nijeul shared his thoughts about what he calls the “ILI Experience 2.0,” his personal
ILI Hawaii/PA'I
HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI HAWAIʻI INTENSIVE
Get a glimpse into the ILI intensive experience through this day-by-day look. Goals for the ILI Hawaiʻi Intensive Continue to articulate the purpose, origin &
FamILI in the Field
FAMILI IN THE FIELD: Cultivating Love
ILI Fellow liza garza and ILI Fellow Alum Eli Lakes form the mother/son musical duo GROW. In 2018/2019, they embarked on a tour of
Fellow Reflections
CO-CREATING IS RADICAL
These days, it seems easier to talk online than in person. ILI Alumni Fellow, Shey Rivera Ríos, is trying to change that. Shey Rivera Ríos
The ILI Vision
THIS IS ILI The Intercultural Leadership Institute is a year-long intensive leadership experience for artists, culture bearers and other arts practitioners. ILI is a collaborative
FUNDA FEST 21: Celebration of Black Storytellers
Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) recently had their 21st Annual Funda Fest: A Celebration of Black Storytelling which took place from Westerly to Woonsocket, Peace Dale
FamILI in the Field
WHAT IS POSSIBLE
Photo: Kyoung’s Pacific Beat’s PILLOWTALK (The Tank, Jan. 2018). Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk ILI Fellow Kyoung Park guest blogs on Arts Leadership and the future of
Arts & Culture
CELEBRATING “HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MONTH”
Photo: Pūnana Leo o Mānoa Hawaiian Medium Education Preschool students attending the “2017 Ke Au Hawaiʻi- Year of the Hawaiian” ceremony at Washington Place, Honolulu.