Justice Dance Performance Project
Moving for Change Since 1989.
Dear friends of JDPP,
All around us violence is on full display: in Uvalde, in Buffalo, in Ukraine. Thanks to instantaneous news, we feel barraged, even besieged. Scroll down, and there is fresh horror.
It’s not really possible to express the profound shared grief for the loss of lives to meaningless violence, particularly those of children in school… or to convey the pain of knowing that racism killed people doing their grocery shopping… or to describe the heartache of a record number of homicides in our city so far this year.
It is a mistake to “soldier on,” and allow our daily lives and mundane tasks to consume us. If we do, we will hollow ourselves, and dull our capacity for hope and change. It’s time to feel, together, as a community.
There is a word for that: compathy. More than “sympathy” or “empathy,” it literally means, “shared feeling.”
If we can feel our connection to each other, and the arts are a key pathway to get us there, we can connect with the truths inside ourselves and summon the courage to give them voice and to act. Let’s work together to make things better—there is not a moment to lose
Wishing you peace,
Justice Dance Performance Project, Inc.
Moving for Change Since 1989
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We’re so proud of our Ensemble member and teaching artist Mellissa!!
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JDPP’s Mellissa Craig will join the hosts of Fox61’s Morning News as part of their Creative Futures spotlight today, June 17 from 10:30-10:40 am EDT. This segment features local art makers, supporters, advocates, and educators to promote careers in the arts to young adults and their families.
Check out "The Hanging of Rebecca: A Staged Reading" at Noah Webster House, featuring JDPP Teaching Artist Debra Walsh. June 24, 25, and 26.
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Don't miss Peter Kyle's 'All Things Hushed' opening at Real Art Ways this Friday, June 17! www.realartways.org/event/and-all-things-hushed/
Register today for the next performance in our Response and a Call series! give.judydworin.org/event/a-response-and-a-call-the-right-to-know/e408471
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