Category: Race Relations

Meet Dawn Saito, accomplished actress, writer, director, dancer, educator.  She also happens to be a Butoh performer, which in case you aren’t aware, is a form of Japanese dance theater that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivation. In her rich and varied career, Dawn has collaborated with…

Cassandra Greene is a pastor, writer, director, producer, teacher, civil rights activist, domestic violence advocate…and… INSPIRATION. For more than a dozen years, she has directed the re-enactment of the infamous 1946 lynching murders of 2 black men and their wives on Georgia’s Moore’s Ford Bridge. Her efforts are chronicled in…

There’s no stopping Joan Myers Brown who at 87, soon to turn 88, still has has many roads to travel. Listed in “Who’s Who in America,” Joan was honored with the 2019 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement. Joan is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Dance Company, PHILADANCO, which she founded…

The 1960’s. . . where was I? In Brooklyn, married for a few years, with a baby and toddler. Around us swirled the movements and politics of the time – in the South: bus rides, sit-ins, peaceful protests, and violent responses. My husband and I were frequently glued…

THE NEW DOCUMENTARY, The Loving Generation, tells the story of a generation of Americans born to one black parent and one white parent. It’s directed by Lacey Schwartz (1977), a filmmaker who explored her own black and biracial identity…