Revolutionary Mothering Revival Residency: Presented by New Orleans Wildseeds
Altar and photograph by Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy
Wildseeds: The New Orleans Octavia Butler Emergent Strategy Collectivein Collaboration with Alexis Pauline Gumbs Presents:
A REVOLUTIONARY MOTHERING REVIVAL RESIDENCY
From August 8-9th, 2016, Black feminist love evangelist Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will be joining the Wildseeds’ REVIVAL year of radical Black feminist self-possession for a series of community events!
These events will draw on the ongoing black feminist futurist work of Wildseeds and the love-energy of “Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines,” a new anthology that Alexis co-edited which connects the voices of marginalized Mamas to the legacy of radical women of color writers and proposes “revolutionary mothering” as a form of futurism no longer limited by gender, biology, or property.
Please save the date(s) and spread the word to your friends, family, and networks! There will be opportunities to make art together, to discuss queer black parenting, and to get your own copy of the book! Come ready to heal and transform!
**RESIDENCY SCHEDULE:**
NEW ORLEANS BOOK LAUNCH:
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
Join Wildseeds for a celebratory conversation with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, co-editor of the new “Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines” anthology! Alexis will read selections from the anthology and lead a discussion with other members of the New Orleans community about mothering, parenting, and the revolutionary movements we are all a part of.
When: Monday, August 8, 2016, 5:30-8:00PM
Locaton: Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road in New Orleans
Free and open to the public!
About the book: Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines is inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ’80s. Revolutionary Mothering places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation. The challenges we face as movements working for racial, economic, reproductive, gender, and food justice, as well as anti-violence, anti-imperialist, and queer liberation are the same challenges that many mothers face every day. Oppressed mothers create a generous space for life in the face of life-threatening limits, activate a powerful vision of the future while navigating tangible concerns in the present, move beyond individual narratives of choice toward collective solutions, live for more than ourselves, and remain accountable to a future that we cannot always see. Revolutionary Mothering is a movement-shifting anthology committed to birthing new worlds, full of faith and hope for what we can raise up together.
Books will be available for purchasing!
Also check out the following workshops:
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The Inner Child Playshop
Facilitated by visual scholar Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy, the inner child playshop will be an interactive exploration of nostalgic remembrance using everyday creative materials and childhood memories. The inner child playshop will be a healing adventure in ‘mothering’ ourselves and self-possession.
When: Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 1:30-4:30PM
Locaton: Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road
Sliding Scale $15-25 offering
Please RSVP via this Eventbrite link to secure your spot in the workshop:https://
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“Love is Lifeforce”: A Writing and Movement Workshop Dedicated to our Loves and our Lives
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines features an unpublished essay by June Jordan where she explains that “Love is Lifeforce.” This workshop, faciliated by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, will build on the legacy of June Jordan through poetry, movement, and listening to activate the life-giving power of our love.
When: Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 5:30-7:30PM
Locaton: Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road
Sliding Scale $15-25 offering
Please RSVP via this Eventbrite link to secure your spot in the workshop:https://
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