Elise Witt

Jessica Lily

Our Global Roots – Alternate Roots Artists Respond to Immigration in the Deep South

Our Global Roots – Alternate Roots Artists Respond to Immigration in the Deep South

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Elise and the Global Village Project, along with Ecuadoran/New Orleans performance artist José Torres-Tama,are featured in this article for Public, a Journal of Imagining America, exploring higher education and public engagement.

For the past 40 years, Alternate ROOTS has been a champion of, and resource for, artists, cultural workers, and progressive movement builders in the southern United States. In this article, Nicole Gurgel interviews two longtime ROOTS members—Elise Witt and José Torres-Tama—and explores these artists’ responses to the global challenges the Deep South is facing.

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New noise theatre, new orleans lA
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Atlanta, Ga
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Asheville, NC
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Decatur, GA
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