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
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
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.
IN THE SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY
2018/19 ILI Fellows Cohort at Red Shirt Overlook in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Photo by Melisa Cardona In September 2018, ILI Partner hosted the first of
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
REMIND, RECONNECT, RECLAIM
Lynette Two Bulls is the ILI Host Facilitator for the Lakota Territory, the location for the first of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows.
HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI LAKOTA INTENSIVE
ILI Facilitator Nijeul X. Porter (l) and ILI Fellow Joe Tolbert (r) at Pe Sla (Black Hills). Photo by Melisa Cardona Get a glimpse into
REFLECTIONS: ILI Intensive #1
ILI Fellows Robert Martinez (l) and Christopher D. Sims (r) ILI Fellow Christopher Sims shares his thoughts and experiences from Lakota Territory “This is professional
LEADING THE WAY TO STATUE REMOVAL
ILI Fellow Joel Garciawas an integral part of the community effort to remove the Columbus statue from Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. Learn
DECOLONIZING DEATH
ILI Fellow Tara Moses played a key role in decolonizing Tulsa’s Day of the Dead activities in Fall 2018. Here’s how her involvement and
FAMILI IN THE FIELD: CONSIDERING THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY
Photo by Shin Yu Pai ILI Fellow Shin Yu Pai visited Bhutan and Taiwan in 2018. Here are her reflections on those travels and experiences,
THROUGH MY LENS
We want to take the time to celebrate our Fellows who just finished up their ILI year by sharing their stories of who they are, what
KEVN Black Hills News Coverage
KEVN Black Hills FOX News Coverage of Sept 2017 Gathering in Lakota Territory in South Dakota hosted by First Peoples Fund.
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
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
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,
