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        <title><![CDATA[In The Field]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. The on-campus residencies at MACS are seven to ten days each semester. &nbsp;During each residency we experience the world of cultural sustainability through incredible field trips. &nbsp;This week in our Models of &nbsp;Social Entrepreneurship course we visited the Affinity Lab in Washington, DC. &nbsp;to research the intricacies of co-working social enterprises. &nbsp;Affinity Lab is the innovative brainchild of Phillipe Chetrit, Berit Oskey and Charles Planck. As a creative membership model, Affinity presents brilliant solutions to issues that start ups and small social enterprises may inure. &nbsp;It is a flexible blend of shared office space, incubators, and an entrepreneurial club. &nbsp;Phillipe explained, "the space is always about the people." Other key dimensions are collaborative programming, communications tools, and space design. &nbsp;Currently the 10-year old Lab hosts 65 members.My colleagues and I benefitted from engaging and stimulating conversations with Ian Fisk of]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kwanzaa]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Practicing cultural sustainability through Seven Communal PrinciplesUmoja - UnityKujichagulia - Self DeterminationUjima - Collective Work and ResponsibilityUjamaa - Cooperative EconomicsNia - PurposeKuumba - CreativityImani - FaithWhat Kwanzaa Is All About: MyFoxPHILLY.com]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[African American Storytellers Retreat]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Another great benefit of the MACS program is the administrative support and assistance students receive in attending conferences related to their focused area of &nbsp;cultural sustainability. &nbsp;I was able to document the African American Storytellers Retreat after taking Cultural Documentation with Harold Anderson, Ph.D. &nbsp;This semester, in Field Lab with Andy Kolovos, Ph.D, the discourse extends into logging, archiving, and interviewing. &nbsp;Oral History with Joel Gardner, Ph.D provides exemplary perspective and technique. &nbsp;Our core text book is"Doing Oral History" by Donald A. Ritchie. &nbsp;In 2012 after attending the retreat, I will add oral history interviews to the archived photos and video from 2011. &nbsp;I &nbsp;think that a mixed media course on photography and videography would be advantageous, especially for neo-phytes such as myself. &nbsp;I rarely picked up a camera prior to MACS, not even while raising my children. &nbsp;&nbsp;In the meantime, if you have]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Willingboro Senior Citizen Center -                No Ordinary Day of Observation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Pat Delahaye making quilt for soldier overseesLillian Burroughs "Crazy Quilt"On Friday October 21st, I went to the Willingboro Senior Citizen Center for my first day of observation. &nbsp;It was a two-fold process - fulfilling an assignment for Cultural Documentation Field Lab and doing ethnography for the first Phase of In FACT's SCATTS program (Discovering the Folklife traditions of Willingboro). &nbsp;Well, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, It was Motown Revue Day. &nbsp;Before the program started, I took the time to venture into the Creative Arts room where the Quilting Diva's greeting me warmly, and shared the passion of their craft. Have you visited your local senior citizen center lately?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Video of Motown RevueA friend asked me in a vibrantly pitched voice....&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "These are SENIORS?"]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[MACS as a matter of In FACT]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Board Members in this photo (head of table to left): &nbsp;Patricia Burch, Constance English, Cassandra Allen, Saundra Gillard Davis, TAHIRA, Gordon Boelter, Esq., Coniqua Abdul-Malik, Rita Moonsammy, Queen Nur, Herman EnglishPhoto taken by board member: &nbsp;Alonzo Jennings.In FACT: &nbsp;Innovative Solutions through Folk Art, Culture and Tradition&nbsp;is a cultural sustainability organization that was incorporated as a non-profit in New Jersey on July 8, 2011. &nbsp;In FACT, Inc. is a social enterprise with a mission to perpetuate and preserve folklife traditions and to use these traditions to sustain communities and affect social change. &nbsp;Through matriculating my Masters in Cultural Sustainability at Goucher College, this is how it came to be:1. &nbsp;Fall 2010 - Cultural Sustainability - Rory Turner, PhD.Developed SCATTS (Sustaining Culture and Tradition Through Storytelling) as a Groundwork Project that involves fieldwork, folk arts workshops and a concert &amp; exhibition.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[365 Ways to Sustain Culture & 54]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. 365 Ways to Sustain Culture &amp; 54I have a new and profoundly fun challenge. &nbsp;Let's post &nbsp;365 Ways to Sustain Culture.This challenge was inspired at the NJ Council of the Arts Multi-Day Artist Training last month. &nbsp; The Keynote speaker for Day 1, Noah Scalin, shared, that back in 2007, he heard a voice that said, "Make a Skull a Day." - and so he did for 365 Days. &nbsp;He presented a slide show with remarkable creative skulls made from flower petals, a sheet, scratchboard, soysauce, wire, bottle parts. construction blocks in the middle of NY city, dance steps..... you name it. The original creations are called Skull a Day 1.0. &nbsp;He is now up to Skull a Day 5.0, has exhibited in major museums, and has published books including: &nbsp;A Daily Creativity Journal: &nbsp;Make Something Everyday &amp; Change Your Life. &nbsp;Noah had lots of help from bloggers. I am hoping to have the same.Noah's workshop inspired me to blog 365 ways to sustain culture. &nbsp;My anticip]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[KeepersoftheCulture a tribute to Ladybird]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. In the griotic tradition, we sustain our community values by honoring our elders.  The elders hold a treasured position in society.... at least that's the way of long ago, and oceanic miles away.  With the flourishing of senior homes and intergenerational disconnect this custom borders on becoming a relic.  How do we listen once again to those who carry the wisdom?  How do we teach the young to sit at their feet and inhale the stories?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Word on  Voices of Courage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Voices of Courage:&nbsp; Profiles of 19th Century African American Women began its national tour in Sacramento, California in 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Smithsonian’s Freedom’s Sisters.&nbsp; If you have experienced the show or will be attending its presentation in my hometown of Willingboro on March 26 please join the comments below by posting to my blog and/or webpage. Reviews:&nbsp; The program, Voices of Courage:&nbsp; Profiles of 19th Century African American Women, was remarkable for its educational value, historical accuracy, for a&nbsp;wonderfully developed script, and costuming that represented each character.&nbsp; Queen Nur's&nbsp;energy, commitment, and reverence for each of the women she portrayed was extraordinary! "The hour-long Voices of Courage program completely held the attention of the audience.&nbsp; Their comments were extremely positive and several attended her repeat program. " - Mary Mijares, Sacramento Public Library&nbsp;The artist “bec]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Voices of Courage Resound During Women's History Month]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Is the celebration of women limited to one month?&nbsp; Absolutely not!&nbsp; However, March deemed National Women’s History Month is a pristine opportunity to elevate the spirit, lives and deeds of the female gender.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a perfect time to attend events highlighting achievements of women.I am honored to present my national show Voices of Courage:&nbsp; Profiles of 19th Century African-American Women at the Willingboro Public Library on March 26th at 2:00 p.m. &nbsp; The interactive performance is designed for audiences 10 and up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Did you know the poplar version of Sojourner Truth’s historical “Ain’t I&nbsp; A Women” was written 12 years later by the southern white women who presided over the Women’s Convention where the original speech was orated?&nbsp;&nbsp; In Voices of Courage, story lovers hear an account of Sojourner's true delivery reported at the end of the convention.&nbsp; The audience sings the lyrics written by Sojourner for the Buffalo]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reclaiming.Transforming! Sustaining→]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Reclaiming.Transforming! Sustaining→The Presentation of a DilemmaThe question is twofold in defining a space for "reclaiming" in cultural sustainability.Are there elements of culture that we need to reclaim?  And, in reclaiming them, do they have a place in modernity for sustainability?I hope to receive your feedback on the questions above, and the more specific questions about African-American young women following the story, toward the end of the post.Three weeks ago, a young lady beeped and pulled me over to the side of the road.  She first asked, “do you still do storytelling?’ ‘Do you remember me?”  She then stated, “We were at a car detailing business about four years ago.  You spoke to me and you changed my life, and I will never forget you.”  The capacity in which I had spoken those years prior came from the discipline of "jaliya (the art of storytelling).  It is the disposition of a jalimuso to tell others their role in society through the art of storytelling.  A]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Middle of Precious Part II]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. Mapping the Definition of Cultural SustainabilityIn The Middle of Precious Part IIIn our Leadership and Self-Development class at Goucher, we acquired the process of examining assumptions.&nbsp; It was enlightening to discover how unaware we are of the role assumptions play in our thoughts and actions. The exercises that Professor Ross-Veatch led had a binocular effect in viewing our groundwork projects. This fine tool was made pinpoint evident in that evening’s reading from our Cultural Sustainability session. In the prior day’s session, we encountered a theoretical topic that broached emotional borders.&nbsp;&nbsp;It began in a discussion about an occurence at our artistic social event. &nbsp;The deliberation formed misunderstandings relevant to the issue of cultural authenticity v. authenticity of the moment. The discussion led to discomfort zones on racial tensions in America. The classroom setting became the vessel to explore actualities we might encounter in doing the work of]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Middle of Precious:  A Reflection of The MACS Program at Goucher College]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Caught by the Tale & Talking F.A.S. In The Middle of Precious:&nbsp; Part IAs I am writing this reflection of my first 10-day Residency in the Masters in Cultural Sustainability Program (MACS) at Goucher College, I am rooted like an ancestral tree. Sitting in a villa, my eyes behold the Caribbean Ocean between the Gros and Petit Piton volcanic mountains in St. Lucia. I languish on a simple expression, “I am in the middle of precious.”I can feel no different about the aspect of my life that began at Goucher College. The first reading of The Gift energized my being, as I shared part of Hyde’s message immediately. Our storytelling organization, Keepers of The Culture: Philadelphia’s Afrocentric Storytelling Group was preparing for GriotWorks: Stories in Service Day. Storytellers offered their talents free to the community in the form of workshops and performances. In my e-mail of preparation and gratitude to the tellers I was able to render this&nbsp;message derived&nbsp;from my course readings.In many ethnic cultur]]></description>
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