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Monday 10am - 5pm Tuesday 10am - 5pm Wednesday 10am - 5pm Thursday 10am - 5pm Friday 10am - 5pm

Alternate ROOTS, 1270 Caroline Street, Ste D120/353, Atlanta, GA (2026)

05/21/2026

🪕 The Alternate ROOTS office will be closed Friday, May 22-Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday.

🚲 Wishing you all a restful, creative, and fun weekend!

📞 ROOTS staff will respond to your messages on Tuesday, May 26.

📷 mel cardona

04/30/2026

🪇 HUGE THANKS to all of the ROOTS members who made our FIRST EVER Virtual Business Meeting a SUCCESS! 🪇

🛠️ Our participatory governance includes art, committee reports, breakout discussions, staff updates, and voting! It’s hard work! And it takes all of us. 🛠️

📊 Do you want to get more involved in the work of Alternate ROOTS? Here are some ways you can plug in:

☎️ Register for the next Cross-Regional Call on Monday, May 11 at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT. Check your May 1 Member News Email for the link to register or reach out via our contact form at our link in bio. 🔗

✉️ Read your Member News email (every month!) –the May 1 Member News features a report-back with future actions! ✉️

🙋🏽‍♂️ Check Member News email for a list of all of the active Work Groups and how to join! 🙋🏽‍♂️

🛝 Join us for the Annual Business Meeting during ROOTS Week in August. If you can’t make it in person, join us in the Virtual Business Meeting space. Details coming soon. 🛝

📷: mel cardona

04/16/2026

🪇 Virtual Business Meetings are FUN at Alternate ROOTS! 🪇

🎨 Our participatory governance includes ART! 🎨

☑️ (And breakout discussions, and grounding, and voting) ☑️

📊 Friday, April 24, 4:30-7pm CT / 5:30-8pm ET
📊 Saturday, April 25, 9:30am-2pm CT / 10:30am-3pm ET

✉️ Check your March 25 email for full details and a link to register! ✉️

The Virtual Business Meeting that will include brief reports from staff as well as Work Groups including Heal/Teal, ROOTS Week, Fundraising, 50th Anniversary, YOOTS, and UpROOTing Ableism. ROOTS members have been hard at work all year guiding important initiatives.

🛝 We will still hold the Annual Business Meeting during ROOTS Week in August. 🛝

🙋🏽‍♂️ Join us in April as we re-connect with community and engage deeply with our vision for the future of Alternate ROOTS! 🙋🏽‍♂️

✉️ Can’t find the link to register in your March 24 email? Reach out via our contact form at our link in bio. 🔗

04/15/2026

☎️ Reactivating Our Regional Reps Model with Regional Warm-Up Calls ☎️

ROOTers! We are reviving our former model of regional representation and kicking that process off with some Warm-UpCalls anchored by and Omari Fox!

We are building a membership collective to anchor our regions. At the moment, our regional template is comprised of the following (though these are soft outlines to get the momentum flowing):

⬆️ The Upsouth: Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland

↩️ The Mid-South: Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky

↘️ The South East Coast: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

⬇️ The Gulf Coast: Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alabama

📞 Join us for the first set of Warm-Up Calls this April! 📞

⬆️ & ↘️ The Upsouth & South East Coast: Regional Warm-Up Call Thursday, April 9

Members in Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia please join Omari Fox on Thursday, April 9 at 6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT.

↩️ & ⬇️ The Mid South & Gulf Coast: Regional Warm-Up Call Thursday, April 16

Members in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Alabama please join King Shakur on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30pm ET / 6:30pm CT.

🖥️ REGISTER NOW for these calls! Find registration links in your April 13 email from Alternate ROOTS. Can’t find the link to register in your email? Reach out via our contact form at our link in bio. 🔗

04/06/2026

📢 Attention ROOTS Members! Register NOW for Virtual Business Meeting Friday & Saturday, April 24-25 📢

🛠️ Participatory governance is hard work! And it takes all of us. 🛠️

✉️ Check your March 25 email for full details and a link to register! ✉️

The Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee will be leading a virtual Business Meeting :

📊 Friday, April 24, 5:30-8pm ET / 4:30-7pm CT
📊 Saturday, April 25, 10:30am-3pm ET / 9:30am-2pm CT.

Big thanks to the Membership Development Work Group of 2022-2024 who pushed for more opportunities for members to be meaningfully involved in the work of the organization!

🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏽 We will still hold the Annual Business Meeting during ROOTS Week in August. 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏽

🙋🏽‍♂️ Join us in April as we re-connect with community and engage deeply with our vision for the future of Alternate ROOTS! 🙋🏽‍♂️

✉️ Can’t find the link to register in your March 24 email? Reach out via our contact form at our link in bio. 🔗

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04/03/2026

🐝 ROOTS Week is Coming to Arkansas for the First Time! 🐝

After almost 20 years of meeting in Appalachia, ROOTS Week 2026 will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas – the ancestral home of the Caddo, Osage, and Quapaw peoples.

🐝 Arkansas ROOTers, we also urge you to invite friends who may be interested in learning more about Alternate ROOTS. If they don’t have a full week to commit, we’re making it really easy to check out ROOTS Week for 1-2 days. Whether you’ve been to ROOTS Week before, or this is your first time, we’d love to be in community with our local AR folks! 🐝

🎟️ OFF-CAMPUS TICKETS 🎟️

Off-campus tickets are still available–find them at our “ROOTS Week” 🔗 Link in Bio.

Off-campus tickets include three meals per day and access to all programming; you will be responsible for your housing. Come for the whole week or check out ROOTS Week for a couple of days! Off-campus tickets are available until Wednesday, July 15. We will not be accepting any walk-up registrations.

⁉️ QUESTIONS ABOUT ROOTS WEEK? ⁉️

Please each out via the Contact Us form at our 🔗 Link in Bio

03/26/2026

📢 Attention ROOTS Members! Register NOW for Virtual Business Meeting Friday & Saturday, April 24-25 📢

🛠️ Participatory governance is hard work! And it takes all of us. 🛠️

✉️ Check your March 25 email for full details and a link to register! ✉️

The Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee will be leading a virtual Business Meeting :

📊 Friday, April 24, 5:30-8pm ET / 4:30-7pm CT
📊 Saturday, April 25, 10:30am-3pm ET / 9:30am-2pm CT.

Big thanks to the Membership Development Work Group of 2022-2024 who pushed for more opportunities for members to be meaningfully involved in the work of the organization!

🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏽 We will still hold the Annual Business Meeting during ROOTS Week in August. 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏽

🙋🏽‍♂️ Join us in April as we re-connect with community and engage deeply with our vision for the future of Alternate ROOTS! 🙋🏽‍♂️

✉️ Can’t find the link to register in your March 24 email? Reach out via our contact form at our link in bio. 🔗

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03/18/2026

🌸 Registration open for ROOTS Week 2026: 5 days of dancing, deliberating, drumming, and dreaming! 🌸

ROOTS Week 2026
August 4-9
Little Rock, AR

🔶 Tickets are nearly sold out, so we encourage you to save your spot at ROOTS Week ASAP! Here’s how to do that: 🔶

🎟️ OFF-CAMPUS TICKETS 🎟️
A good number of off-campus tickets are still available! These include three meals per day and access to all programming; you will be responsible for your housing.

🎟️ ON-CAMPUS TICKETS 🎟️

There are a limited number of on-campus tickets available. These are $1,000 for a double/triple occupancy room or $1,200 for single occupancy.

📝 WAITLIST FOR ON-CAMPUS TICKETS 📝

All subsidized on-campus tickets are sold out, but ROOTS members can still join the waitlist for subsidized tickets (priced at $200, $500, and $750). Find the waitlist form in your email or under “Subsidized On-Campus Tickets” on the ROOTS Week web page. If tickets become available, we will contact you.

🟧 Find ROOTS Week 2026 at our 🔗 Link in Bio for instructions on how to register. 🟧

🦌 Whether you’re new to ROOTS or have been here since the beginning – if you’re a justice-loving cultural worker, come celebrate with us! 🦌

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03/13/2026

💥 PUBLIC Registration now open for ROOTS Week 2026, kicking off our 50th anniversary!💥

ROOTS Week 2026
August 4-9
Little Rock, AR

🌄 Two weeks ago, we opened ROOTS Week registration to our members and have nearly sold out. Today registration opens to the general public – we encourage you to save your spot at ROOTS Week ASAP! There are still three ways you can do that: 🌄

🎟️ OFF-CAMPUS TICKETS 🎟️
A good number of off-campus tickets are still available! These include three meals per day and access to all programming; you will be responsible for your housing.

🎟️ ON-CAMPUS TICKETS 🎟️

There are a limited number of on-campus tickets available. These are $1,000 for a double/triple occupancy room or $1,200 for single occupancy.

📝 WAITLIST FOR ON-CAMPUS TICKETS 📝

All subsidized on-campus tickets are sold out, but ROOTS members can still join the waitlist for subsidized tickets (priced at $200, $500, and $750). Find the waitlist form in your email or under “Subsidized On-Campus Tickets” on the ROOTS Week web page. If tickets become available, we will contact you.

🌀 Find ROOTS Week 2026 at our 🔗 Link in Bio for instructions on how to register. 🌀

🌳 Whether you’re new to ROOTS or have been here since the beginning – if you’re a justice-loving cultural worker, come celebrate with us! 🌳

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