Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA) hosts a series of panels/discussions featuring Aishah Shahidah Simmons participating on panels/roundtables with students who are addressing rape, rape culture, and homophobia in our families, on campuses, and society at large. The day will culminate with a screening and discussion of her film NO! The Rape Documentary.
BlackWomen’s Blueprint presents:
Mother Tongue: Monologues for Lesbian Ancestral Wives and Revolutionary Women Speaking the Unspeakable
A Benefit Performance To Support Collaboration And Prevention Programs On Sexual Assault In Communities Of African Descent.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037
Tickets $25/$35/$50
http://www.mothertonguemonologues.org/
HONOREES:
AISHAH SHAHIDAH SIMMONS, Black Lesbian Feminist, Filmmaker & Activist
STACEYANN CHIN, Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist and LGBT Rights Political Activist
THE COALITION OF AFRICAN LESBIANS, human rights defenders representing 11 countries in Africa.
Conceived By Farah Tanis
Co-Founder, Black Women’s Blueprint | Founder, Museum of Women’s Resistance
Event Co-Chairs:
DR. BEVERLY GUY SHEFTALL, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, Spelman College.
DEEPA SOUL, Chairwoman/CEO of LARA (The LGBT Academy of Recording Arts)
DR. ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS, Ph.D., Queer Black Feminist Media Activist, Founder, Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist .
TIONA MCCLODDEN, Award Winning Filmmaker, Artist, Executive Producer/Director, Harriet’s Gun Media
JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR, Award Winning Choreographer, Founder, Urban Bush Women
DIRECTORS
Lori Payne and Pope Jackson
— Darnell L. Moore’s (November 29, 2012) Facebook Status
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~ Barbara Amaya’s Washington Times Interview with Brooke Elise Axtell: Artist, songwriter, poet and survivor, (& co-founder of SHE: Survivor Healing & Empowerment)
Read the interview in its entirety -> http://bit.ly/SS0q4f
Denver Chapter, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence - Healing and Activism Retreat. ->http://liberationfromwithin.tumblr.com/post/24742012801/women-of-color-healing-and-activism-retreat-in-denver
“This tribe called ‘Women of Color’ is not an ethnicity. It is one of the inventions of solidarity, an alliance, a political necessity that is not the given name of every female with dark skin and a colonized tongue, but rather a choice about how to resist and with whom.” ~Aurora Levins Morales-Writer
A FULL day filled with healing -> laughter, sharing, quiet time, music, singing,drumming, zumba, rituals, and good homemade vegan, vegetarian, (and chicken) food.
Day Three of three days of events focused on eradicating and healing from Gender-Based Violence in Denver, Colorado (http://bit.ly/LjgPLi).
TODAY —> There will be a women of color healing and activism retreat, which will focus on spiritual and ritual healing resources for women of color. This retreat, for women of color, will highlight the resources and tools I have used and continue to use on my ongoing healing journey from victim to survivor; and Sofia Chavez Frederick who will (re)introduce participants to Curanderismo and Ancient Traditions. (s/o Denver Chapter, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence)
The FREE retreat will be held from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (food will be provided) at the University Park United Methodist Church, 2180 S. University Boulevard, Denver, CO 80210
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please contact: DenverNo2012@gmail.com or call 303.931.9737
Day Two of three days of events focused on eradicating and healing from Gender-Based Violence in Denver, Colorado (http://bit.ly/LjgPLi).
TONIGHT just us at Redline Denver where I will read from my essay for the forthcoming anthology Queering Sexual Violence (h/t Bones Patterson). A reception will follow. Also, check out the featured exhibit, “Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art,” 7pm at 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80205
It took a village to make this happen, but I want to extend my ongoing gratitude to my beloved Sistren Linda Mizell and Rachel Elizabeth Harding for taking the lead in February 2012; and Carolyn Cunningham Ash for her generous hospitality in her beautiful home…
THE INTERSECTIONAL SPONSORS:
* Veterans of Hope
* INCITE! Denver
* Su Teatro
* African American Studies Program at Metro State
* Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center
* Community Re-entry Project
* Coy Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Fund
* Denver Center for Crime Victims
* Ethnic Studies Dept at UCD
* It Takes a Village
* Rape Assistance and Awareness Program
* Redline Denver
Three days of events focusing on both eradicating gender-based violence and healing from gender-based violence, featuring Aishah Shahidah Simmons and her cultural work in Denver Colorado from June 7, 2012 - June 9, 2012.
On Thursday, June 7, 2012, ‘XicanIndie Thursday’ presents:
A screening and discussion of NO! The Rape Documentary, the award-winning, internationally-acclaimed, groundbreaking feature length documentary, which explores the international atrocity of rape and sexual violence through the first testimonies of Black women survivors, the scholarship, activism, and cultural work of African-American women and men.
The screening will be held at 7pm at the Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 6:30pm
721 Sante Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204
Admission: $7 (Call Tanya for info on discounted & community tickets 303.296.0219)
On Friday, June 8, 2012, at Redline Denver, Aishah will read from her essay for the forthcoming anthology Queering Sexual Violence. A reception will follow the reading. There is also an exhibit “Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art.”
The reading will begin at 7pm.
2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80205
On Saturday, June 9, 2012, there will be a healing and activism retreat, which will focus on spiritual and ritual healing resources for women of color. This retreat, for women of color, will highlight the tools Aishah Shahidah Simmons has used and uses on her ongoing healing journey from victim to survivor; and Sofia Chavez Frederick who will (re)introduce participants to Curanderismo and Ancient Traditions.
The retreat will be held from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the University Park United Methodist Church, 2180 S. University Boulevard, Denver, CO 80210
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please contact: DenverNo2012@gmail.com or call 303.931.9737
These three events are made possible through the support of:
”…If Mother Tongue Monologues is the vehicle through which Black girls and women give expression to their long struggle for bodily integrity, then Catharsis is an event where the entire Black community may join together and, using our spiritual and cultural practices, purge dyfunctional gender politics from our midst…” ~ http://bwbregistration.webs.com/
Mother Tongue Monologues on February 24, 2012 is SOLD OUT.
http://bit.ly/zQqhJF
However, you can still join many of us at Catharsis on February 25, 2012
http://bit.ly/yf0RyA
ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! February 24, 2012:
Black Women’s BluePrint Presents:
Mother Tongue Narratives: Monologues for Black Girls and Stolen Women Reclaiming Our Bodies, Our Selves, Our Lives.
Featuring Special Presentation: Chrisette Michele
Original narratives and performances by Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Benita Rivera, Claudia Walters, Dominic Bradley, Dorcas Davis, Erin ‘EJ’ Serrano, Jamilla Reid, Jasmine Burnett, Kayona Brown, Nina Angela Mercer, Piper Yvonne Anderson, Safiya Bandele, Symone New, Tanika LaDawn Harbor, Tokunboh Talabi, Valarie Adams.
Mistress of Ceremony, Seshat (Dr. Julie Spooner, Ph.D.) Psychologist and Shaman.
Directed by Lori Payne, with Technical Direction by Pope Jackson with Lee Odom and Lorraine LaPrade.
National Black Theatre of Harlem
2031-33 Fifth Avenue (Between 125th and 126th Street)
New York, NY
6:30PM Opening Reception | 8:00PM Performance
Carlos & Cindy Blackman Santana
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