Spirit leaping from the screen... Healing bouncing around the room...

That is what is happening when we screen footage from the Mobile Homecoming. The Mobile Homecoming Film and Online Series along with the documentary about an affirming and inclusive Ifa Spiritual Community are coming along sooo well. They have already changed my life and I want them to change yours. After struggling for over a year I understand that the missing link is you. I need community support to get these projects done. I want community to support my shift from living un-sustainably as I get it done SLOW to living sustainably as I increase productivity and accountability. 

This fundraiser is to support the liberation work of Julia Roxanne Wallace/Sangodare Akinwale using multimedia and art as a tool to connect to legacy. Collaborating with Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs, we facilitate transformation and the transfer of legacy through the Mobile Homecoming (MbHc), black feminist film school (bffs) and Queer Renaissance.

Funds will benefit:

1. When We Free
   

   When We Free is a film about a recently freed black community's first camp meeting since emancipation. They search for balance between the spiritual traditions they have brought across the Atlantic and those learned in the New World while in bondage. When We Free is a part of the Queer Renaissance vision of creating the world anew by first creating new possibilities and safe space to explore our complex identities. Historical accounts and traditional music and practices will be the canvas that this film ritual is built on.
   
   This film will also serve as an opportunity for black feminist film school participants to get hands on training. learn more... - http://blackfeministfilmschool.wordpress.com/
   
   

2. Office and Infrastructure
   

Running several organizations including a multimedia studio out of one room in a small home is not going so well.


Office and Infrastructure is needed to create the structure and space for Julia/Sangodare to finish media projects and complete When We Free in a timely fashion. The 7 existing projects in there final stages - 4 short films in progress, 2 features and the Mobile Homecoming Mixtape which are all a part of the Queer Renaissance vision of creating the world anew - have all benefited from private screenings and some have been screened at film festivals. However, we are ready to put the finishing touches on them so that they can live on their own. (Keep reading to learn more!)
- http://blackfeministfilmschool.wordpress.com/
- mobilehomecoming.org



We have an opportunity to secure discounted office space from one of our community partners.



3. Finish Projects / Mobile Homecoming

   Mobile Homecoming is an intergenerational experiential archive project that amplifies generations of queer black brilliance (aka lgbtq/sgl/homoattractional brilliance). The resources will go to support the editing and post-production for the Mobile Homecoming feature film through the end of the year. We have volumes and volumes of footage, images, documents and stories to share. Your contribution will help us share the documentation we have already done in more ways like sharing video and audio with archives, hosting more content on our website and sending DVDs to interviewees themselves and the archives in their own communities. We need help carving out the time and space to speed up
   
   We are excited to finish projects we have started and open the roads for the projects we are called to right now. These resources will give me and my collaborators the base and foundation to 1) use our skills optimally, 2) partner with individuals and organizations that are ready and willing to lend support but need us to have a structure to sustain partnership and 3) apply for grants to support this and future projects and apply to film festivals for screening opportunitiesos acrs the country.
   
   mobilehomecoming.org

until
A short narrative film in which two college students decide how to overcome fear, secrecy, and the (real and imaginary) gaze of others in order to obtain the loving relationship they crave.

Tradtion Returned (working title)

Two documentaries, a short version and a long version, that tell the story of a innovative, racially, ethnically and LGBTQ/SGL inclusive Ifa spiritual community in the United States that is bringing African ancestral pracices back to diaspora.
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FAQ

A. Now... who are you again?
B. I have equipment or skills I would like to donate? How do I?
C. What will you do with the funds if you don't reach your goal? We Will...
D. What if you raise more than $9000? Can I donate more than $9000?
E. When are you gonna get all this done? What does the timeline look like?
(see answers below)

1. Schooling - Bachelors in Multimedia Computer Science from UNC Asheville; Masters of Divinity (MDiv.) from Emory, concentrating on meaning making (with certificates in Women In Theology & Ministry and Religious Education); completed coursework toward a Master's (MA) in Film Production at Georgia State University; and currently co-founder and co-director at black feminist film school.
   

    

   
   
2. Multimedia - 10+ years of graphic and web design, audio & video editing, composing music, communications strategic planning, and teaching about all of the above. Multimedia services for Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs and our collaborative projects Mobile Homecoming, black feminist film school, Queer Black August, Combahee Pilgrimage, Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind and more.
   
   
   
3. Religious & Spiritual - Graduate studies in Christian Theology, Buddhism, Hinduism and  Womanist/Mujerista/Feminist theologies around the world. Served as Minister of Music at Unity Fellowship of Christ Church in Atlanta.  Priestly Initiation in Ifa/Yoruba/Orisha (Ifa and Sango). Co-hosted 4 black feminist retreats since 2011 and facilitated a piece of the closing rituals at BLU (Black Lesbians United) for 3 years..
   
   

4. Presentations, Press & Praise - One of Colorlines Ten Leaders Building a New LGBT Politics in the South and Midwest, Top 40 Under 40 in Advocate Magazine, Faculty and Track Coordinator for Creating Change/The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Annual Conference, Track Coordinator and Facilitator at Allied Media Conference (AMC), Residencies and Workshops at University of Maryland at College Park, University of Florida at Gainesville, USC, San Francisco State, Ramapo College, Colgate University, Duke University, CUNY - Lesbians in the 70s Conference, UT Austin, and more.
   

   
   

B. I have equipment or skills I would like to donate? How can I contribute that?

Please contact me directly to discuss tax-deductible in-kind contributions or volunteering/donating time to our projects. I also have a list of needed equipment and an amazon wishlist.

C. What will you do with the funds if you don't reach your goal?

• No new Computer. We will only repair the 4 year old computer and keep moving forward.
• No Assistant Editor. Keep editing the feature length films solo.
• No taking extra time off outside projects. I will have to take on other paid work.
• We will lengthen the timeline and host more local and regional fundraisers.
  
• Less filmmaking & studio equipment. Instead of buying we will have to rent more equipment every time we need it.