The International Association Of Blacks In Dance Receives New Grants
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Tiffany Pittman
Date
July 20, 2021
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International Association of Blacks in Dance Receives Grants to Develop COHI | MOVE Further
A body in motion speaks its own language. Through art, we give this vocabulary color and light, but through dance, in particular, we comprehend all its wonder. The role of the Black dancer is parallel to that of the intellectual and the storyteller. With grace, Black dance brings forth a world of traditional African heritage and Black cultural consciousness. The International Association of Blacks In Dance (IABD) ensures that this recovery of tradition is protected from the Eurocentric standards that threaten its very possibility.
In collaboration with the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), the International Association Of Blacks In Dance developed the Comprehensive Organization Health Initiative (COHI | MOVE). COHI | MOVE has preserved the financial and organizational wellness of the IABD community. The program’s foundation was curated from 2017 to 2018; this planning stage involved a thorough analysis of IABD’s weaknesses and challenges to better improve the organization’s function and core purpose.
