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Con/Crit/Tec: A Point for Multiple Beginnings

We are intend to  foster international exchange between urban based, rural oriented Afro-Indigenous communities between the Northeast (Boston/NYC)  as the colonial/capitalist core of the settler colony recognized as the United States, and the colonial/capitalist core of the region of Latin America recognized as Sao Paulo, Brazil. By centering ecological and subversive practices cultivated to adapt to current neoliberal ruins, our intention is to activate spaces of exchange and strategy toward finally landing a solid blueprint of marronage/ or quilombola from Brazil for the Northeast of the United States. Both are members of Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust (NEFOC) staff and network respectively. We are Çaca Yvaire, an artist-practitioner, and O. Diane Enobabor, PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Studies at CUNY. As per an invitation extended by the Center for Arts Design and Social Research, we have been included as part of the 2023 residency cohort that will embark on a le
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A Call for Mourning: How To Adapt to Our American Ruins

  Today is   May 31 , 2020- the United States is on fire. One week ago, May 25, 2020, the media of the United States generally accepted the statistic that 100,000 US American citizens – which does not include all that live in the United States, have transitioned from COVID-19. One month ago, we were told that at least 30 million United States citizens were unemployed- siphoning us into the worst economy of decade and possibly of our lifetimes.  A year ago,   May 31 , 2019- “unsung heroes” of   9/11   received a memorial at the Memorial Glade in New York. We are part of a society that is (always) crumbling and acts like we cannot see the rubble.  The Rastas call it Babylon, the capitalists call it their free market. We are in spiritual warfare. We are in spiritual warfare. WE are in a spiritual war. The logic of the few is not held by many and with that comes chaos, destruction, and despair. Within this, we laugh, we make love, and we save for the future. We produce and want the product
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