Welcome
We host and facilitate workshops that challenge pervasive narratives and encourage creative vision towards a more just and humane society. Some of our workshops are featured below.
workshops
Poetry as visionary resistance
Shifting dominant pervasive narratives, one poetic tool at a time
What you will learn
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- How to identify pervasive, negative narratives that challenge them.
- How to leverage poetic tools to narrate an alternative vision.
- How to sharpen poetic performance and voice towards a more just, humane and liberatory society.
Participants will be provided a take home zine to continue on their poetry journey towards visionary resistance.
the poetics of making public comment
How to identify and challenge social and political issues that matter to you.
What you will learn
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- How to identify social and political issues that matter to them.
- How to turn issues into statements and demands for written and public comment.
- How to sharpen their public speaking skills.
Participants will be provided a take home zine to continue on their journey to sharpen their political voice and vision.
towards co-liberation
Shifting the culture of anti-racism organizing
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
This workshop supports participants with identifying the steps and tools they will need to journey from optional ally-ship towards collective liberation.
Deconflating surveillance with safety
On a journey to be seen
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
"Surveillance Ain't Safety," a phrase coined by Tawana Petty over a decade ago, weaves throughout this workshop, making connections between disaster capitalism, racial capitalism and surveillance capitalism to paint a clear picture of how the trio of trauma is still quietly remaking the Motor City while connecting Detroit's reality to similar cities facing the similar fates, even as the global narrative touts the city's "comeback."