Episode 104: Artist, Activist and Community Organizer Cortina Jenelle
In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Cortina Jenelle around community organizing, how creativity is faith and the connection between artist and organizer.
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Small Town Upbringing
I am my ancestors and my culture
Being Queer Shaped who she is
Made clear decisions about my life and being here
Wanting to live a deeper awareness of who I am
Building a life around my life, my work and my morals
Always trying to find the big answers to life’s questions
Tourism has perpetuated gentrification
Started ADE project: Move intergenerational anti-racism work forward
The understanding that we are all creative and using it to move beyond white supremacy and oppression
Reclaiming own artist and building relationships with other artists and creatives in own community
Having difficult conversations about what equity and inclusion really is
Wanted to be an architect
Connection between artist and organizer
Artist doesn’t always look like putting something on a canvas
We are all artists
Making room for creativity is making room for an event, community events, film screenings
Making space for people is a creative act
Had to learn how to create a website
Had to learn a lot of things with a lot of grit
Taught self how to use wordpress
Opportunity is birthed out of necessity
What is there for me to pay attention to here?
Mom found Journal when she was little
The things that we take the most to heal from are from someone shutting down our creativity
One of the most healing things that we can do is make room for creativity
Working with the Eco Institute
Always Sought wisdom from different places like nature
Thinking about how we can build sacred space together?
In order to surrender to our highest self we have to surrender to the joy.
Our creativity is what connects us to our divinity
Coming up against the illusion of perfection is the anti-creativity
When I engage in creativity I’m challenging social norms
Having resilience to not give up when I get frustrated.
You can’t compartmentalize creativity
Creativity is faith
Let go of perfectionism by embracing the process
People haven’t been given options to access their creativity
Connect with Cortina Here:
https://www.cortinajenelle.com/services/
http://www.theadeproject.org/