STOP THE CATASTROPHE

  As of today, 5/1/2024, the war on Gaza has gone on for 29 weeks. We join the many voices in the US and abroad who are protesting the war, the atrocities, and our government’s complicity in the devastation by defending and funding the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. We also call for Peace […]

A message to Cornell students from the Dorothy Cotton Institute

 The late Dorothy Foreman Cotton (June 9, 1930 – June 10, 2018) is among the most important unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, having worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and with other women whose roles in the movement have often been overlooked. As director of the Citizenship Education Program of the […]

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 […]