On Dorothy Cotton’s Birthday

Today is June 9.  Had she lived, this would be Dorothy Foreman Cotton’s 93rd birthday. Even now, her well-deserved stardom is rising. Through our documentary Move When the Spirit Says Move: the Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton, she is continuing to teach, affirm and motivate people with her life story, the narratives of her colleagues, friends and […]

March 25–Ithaca Premier of Move When the Spirit Says Move- The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton

Don’t miss the long-awaited East Coast premier of our documentary! It is part of the: FINGERLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL  (FLEFF) March 25th, 2023, 7pm at CINEMAPOLIS ITHACA, NY TICKETS ON SALE  NOW 2023 Move When The Spirit Says Move–The  Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton Running Time: 87 min A featured in-person screening of at Cinemapolis, […]

Move When the Spirit Says Move Premiers at Pan African Film Festival

On Friday, February 10, at 6:45 pm PT, our documentary, MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAYS MOVE: THE LEGACY OF DOROTHY FOREMAN COTTON, directed and produced by PhotoSynthesis Productions, premiered as an opening night selection  at the Pan African Film Festival at the Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza 15 and XD in Los Angeles, with an encore […]

Dr. James E. Turner Has Passed

    Dear DCI Friends and Colleagues, Our esteemed and beloved friend and DCI National Advisor, Dr. James E. Turner passed away last week.  With respect and humility, we honor him as a renowned national and international scholar, pioneering educator and movement builder. With immense sadness and gratitude, we feel the loss of a leader […]

A Proclamation on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day

MAY 04, 2022• PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS For generations, Indigenous persons, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, have been forced to mourn a missing or murdered loved one without the answers and support they deserve.  On Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember these victims and their families, and commit to working with Tribal Nations […]

How Shall Integrity face Oppression?

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said  “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” People of good conscience are struggling with what it means to be in right relationship, and what it takes to help bend the long arc toward justice. In these extraordinarily troubling times, these questions […]

MLK, Jr. Weekend 2022: World House Documentary Film Festival

A new 10-minute rough cut of footage from the upcoming documentary, Move When the Spirit Says Move! is being screened at the film festival this weekend and there will be a discussion with the filmmakers and Dr. Clayborne Carson at 2pm Saturday. The short will only be viewable through Monday 1/17. Dear Friends and Supporters, […]

SISTERS OF CHANGE Exhibit is now Digital!

We are excited that our 2020-21 exhibit SISTERS OF CHANGE, is now available online.     The exhibit honoring Dorothy Cotton and 25 other women change-makers of the Freedom Movement whose names everyone ought to know, was originally housed from January, 2020 to June, 2021 in the Atrium Tower of the Tompkins Center for History […]

There’s Your Ready Girl! wins two awards!

In January 2021 at a Stanford University film festival, themed Where Do We Go From Here,  and in April 2021, in partnership with Tompkins County The History Center in celebration of Black Women’s History Month,  the Dorothy Cotton Institute gave virtual screenings of  THERE’S YOUR READY GIRL!  This is a short film by Deborah Hoard […]

THERE’S YOUR READY GIRL!

Screening & Discussion April 14, 2021 6 – 7 PM – on Zoom Dorothy Cotton was a bold, highly effective and important civil rights leader, the only woman on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Executive Staff. In celebration of Black Women’s History Month, The History Center  and the Dorothy Cotton Institute are hosting a virtual screening of […]