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Resources

For those who would like more detailed information, we have posted various materials and media to this archive.

Featured Materials

Report from Voices’ April 2009 Forum in Monterey Bay, CA details Voices’ comprehensive macro-analysis of the past forty years, and puts forth forward-thinking action strategies for the future.

Report from Voices’ February 2009 Forum in Memphis, TN features first voice testimonies frommusicians, producers, leaders of nonprofit organizations, DJs, and others, about how hyper-capitalism is affecting the music industry.

30 Years and Counting: A Context for Building a Shared Cross-Cultural Commons by Jack Tchen, analyzes the culture wars from 1980 to the present through the lens of “hypercapitalism,” or what also has been called “neoliberalism.”

Report from White House Meeting convened by NALAC on May 7, 2009 puts forth a statement on cultural equity and suggests key priorities for the Obama Administration.

Report from Alternate ROOTS' Cultural Equity Forum on August 14, 2009 proposes 14 key actions for artists and organizers based in the USA South.

Voices from the Battlefront: Achieving Cultural Equity through Critical Analysis, by Jamie Haft, presents an overview of the national organizing effort from June 2007 to September 2009

For a complete archive of written materials, please click here.

Audio

storycorpsIn June 2007, StoryCorps recorded eleven hour-long conversations between Voices leaders, young and old. To hear these moving dialogues or to read summary descriptions, please click here.

 


Video

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Click on the image above to view a series of short snapshots about cultural equity.