2025-2026 Special Project
Rooted Resilience
Preserving intersectional narratives of 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives in Western Massachusetts
Rooted Resilience is a podcast, blog, and community dialogue series exploring narratives of current and contemporary 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives living on colonized Nipmuc, Nonotuck, and Pocumtuc land known as Western Massachusetts.
“Despite the queer roots that run deeply in the Pioneer Valley, this ongoing documentation and archival footage of the 2SLGBTQIA+ & QTPOC doing grassroots work on behalf of the entire community writ large is a project of monumental importance.
The 2SLGBTQIA+ community has lost a generation already, and the privilege to age comes with the joyful obligation of preserving our rich history.”
— Corrie Locke-Hardy, Author of The Revolution Will Be Well Fed
Project Partners
Rooted Resilience is co-directed and produced by Luc Abbott and M Rudder and made possible through the 2025 Expanding Massachusetts Stories Grant from Mass Humanities which provided funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).
The project is produced by Bloom Local with fiscal sponsorship from Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity.
Sponsors
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Support queer artists. Become a supporter.
Join us in our efforts to share 2SLGBTQIA+ histories with your donation of any dollar towards our first year of production. We still have funds to raise to cover the first year of work on the project and serve as a fiscal anchor for additional grant writing and fundraising opportunities.
Partner with us to bring visibility to your small business or project by becoming a supporting sponsor!
Review 2025-2026 Sponsorship Opportunities and contact luc@bloomlocal.live to secure your spot.