This article discusses crea+e’s collective orientation, its mission, and how it operates. It also chronicles three interventions the group undertook that illuminate critical, creative, and constructive modes of coalition-building. The article articulates the significance of collectives in resisting co-optation by white normative institutions while insisting on joy in the pursuit of justice.
In this commentary, the Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts and Education for (crea+e) aims to spur collective thoughtful and imaginative alternatives to endemic complacency on matters of racial inequity in the field of art education.