Janelle Monae | "This is a reminder that I have work to do."

Did you catch Janelle Monae on the Black Girls Rock! 2012 Awards?? This is one of our favorite magic moments from the star studded awards ceremony honoring women of color. Monae says, "I didn't have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl... I've learned through my journey that perfection is often the enemy of greatness. Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. I believe it is our uniqueness, and our unique ideas that make us rock."

To learn more about the Black Girls Rock! organization CLICK HERE. 

And to learn more about what INSPIRIT does to INSPIRE young girls, learn more about our PROJECT: Becoming.

INCommunity | Election Day!

The women of INSPIRIT encourage every American citizen to exercise their right to vote today. 

Still don't know where your polling site is? Or what the process is like? Click below.

http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm

INSPIRIT Women: Rock the Vote!

top left: Allegra Romita, right: Alexandra Joye Warren
bottom left: Carrie Plew, Luisa Martinez,  right: Luisa Martinez, Allegra Romita

VOTE!

THERE'S ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY.

BE SURE TO GET OUT AND VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012.


check out more VOTE's at #PilobolusVoteProject

All we have is today...

Performing tonight at Callalilai Boutique was an exciting experience. It was raw material, mostly improvisational. We danced around the store and then in front of the boutique for 3 hours straight. Coming from a formal dance training background of performing arts schools and collegiate dance programs I am very comfortable on a stage or in a studio. But there's nothing like thrill of improvising just below Union Square in New York City. In a place saturated with art people can never get enough. It amazes me how captivated onlookers are at us. Some stop for a moment and smile, some linger for hours. The connection is pure electric. I have to soak it up and enjoy those moments for they are few and far between. All we have is today...

Alexandra Joye Houston

On Perseverance

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

One of these days, we will be doing Project:BECOMING for adult women...the lessons that we try to uncover in our program for teen girls are universal and as I am sharing with these young women, I can't help but to also be changed in the process.

As we shared with the girls this week in our Project:BECOMING Harlem session, to be successful in life you've got to learn to persevere.

What stops us? The same things that stop them: being afraid, doubting our abilities, fears of not being inadequate but being powerful beyond measure.

In the past three years of my professional career as a dancer, I have seen many dancers come and go. Sometimes we think that we have to stop and get our life together. As Christal so loving pointed out to me this week, we should never have our lives TOGETHER! Otherwise, where would the greatest joys of life be? We would miss out on that amazing experience of figuring it all out. Learning and growing.

Perseverance is about feeling uncomfortable, making mistakes, being tired, doing too much, pulling back, growing taller in our spirit, finding out what works and letting go of what doesn't. We must learn how to do all this AND keep on going. Otherwise I would miss my whole life, trying to get it together.

Alexandra Joye Houston

Project:BECOMING this Friday!