Any other educators of color here in NYC?
There’s an event starting tomorrow called AFFIRMATIONS: Honoring Self and Community Care with and for Educators of Color
As educators of color we are often expected to take the lead–or asked to remained silent–on difficult conversations about race, and other aspects of our identities. At our respective institutions this role can often be both a necessary responsibility as well as a burden. Particularly in an age of contentious debate and protest over the heighten visibility of the police state and its affects on black lives and ongoing marches and protests calling for racial justice, the need to re-center race, self and community care and healing are crucial and imperative.
AFFIRMATIONS emerged out of NYCoRE's Inquiry to Action Group (ItAG) #BeyondtheMarches: Living, Teaching and Organizing through the Intersections, and our collective desire to support #blacklivesmatter movement building. Through performances, sharing heart stories, songs, dances and herbal teas AFFIRMATIONS intention is to honor, explore, lift up and affirm self and community care by and for educators of color. The hope is that we all can build a pedagogical practice that is courageous and also sustainable.
featuring readings and performances by:
Wazina Zondon, José Alfredo Menjivar, Dedunu Suraweera, Share Roman, Samantha Alcala,Akeel St. VilNupur Behera, James "SoSoon" Gantt, Marcia-Elizabeth (Mel) Baker-Thomson, Tiffany L. Jones, Mélida "Meli" Helen Maldonado, Noel McKenzie, Kosi, Andre, Dee, Capoeria Concepts and more!
Performance Nights
Saturday, May 30th, 6-8pm. Fellowship hour: 8pm. *For people/educators of color only*
Sunday, May 31st, 6-8pm. Fellowship hour: 8pm. *For people/educators of color only*
Sunday, June 7th, 6-8pm. Fellowship hour: 8pm. *For people/educators of color and white allies*
All donations and proceeds from the door will go to healers and organizers in the #blacklivesmatter movement building.
Because of the donation ticket structure for this show, multiple tickets must be purchased in separate transactions. We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause; it's a limitation of this website. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
TICKET SALES END AT 2PM THE DAY OF THE SHOW. REMAINING TICKETS WILL THEN BECOME AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
For more information/other forms of donation/to offer your support please contact us at: [email protected].
If you’re interested you can go here to get tickets. They’re by donation so you can pay as much or as little as you can afford.
I’ll be there tomorrow evening, so if you’re going tomorrow as well, let me know! :)
