Black Feminist Breathing at the Monument Quilt Women of Color Tent: Chicago
As part of the Women of Color Tent Programming at the Monument Quilt project to create public space for healing by and for survivors of sexual violence the organizers of the Women of Color Tent will be offering Black Feminist Breathing meditations and activities designed by Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs based on the transformative work of Ida B. […]
Mothering Yourselves: A Pressed For Knowledge Workshop in Montego Bay, Jamaica
In collaboration with Arlene Alberga-McKenzie, general manager of the Rastafari Indigenous Village, Alexis Pauline Gumbs will be offering an interactive workshop for the mothers and daughters of the village and the surrounding community based on her mothering ourselves curriculum and her publication workshops. Lookout for a publication created by the participants soon!
Ladeedah: An Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Drama-rama at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will be presenting Ladeedah: An Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Drama-rama as part of the Youth Performance Workshop at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The workshop is free and open to young people 13 years and older. The Ladeedah Workshop is based on Alexis’s forthcoming speculative audio novella which […]
Black Feminist Breathing Retreat July 4-6th, Magnolia Mississippi
What: This is a weekend retreat to practice and celebrate the technology of black feminist breathing. We will use breathing, mantras and poetry rooted in short wise sayings from black feminist teachers and writers as a resource for mindfulness, sustainability and connection to legacy and purpose. This retreat builds on a successful national (plus […]
Community Screening: Black Feminist Film School Summer Session Opening Weekend
Join Black Feminist Film School Summer Session for our opening screening at Center for Documentary Studies! This screening is open to our entire community and will give you an opportunity to to meet the Black Feminist Film School 2014 Summer Fellows, see some of Black Feminist Film School’s films in process and celebrate the legacy […]
Black Feminist Breathing Chorus: A Worldwide Online Experience
Sign up for the Black Feminist Breathing Chorus a series of meditations drawing on the wisdom of Black feminist ancestors. Listen here: http://blackfeministbreathing.tumblr.com/ Every day starting Friday May 23rd you will get an original collage (by me!!) and a recording of an affirmation from Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Fannie Lou Hamer, Essex Hemphill and other powerful ancestors […]
Manic Caravan Poetry Reading With Maria Hamilton Abegunde
As part of the Manic Caravan poetry series poets Maria Hamilton Abegunde and Alexis Pauline Gumbs will share their poetic work in the context of ancestor reverence and African spiritual practices.
Keynote at Abriendo Brecha Activist Scholarship Conference
The UT Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) sponsors the 2014 Abriendo Brecha Activist Scholarship conference on the theme Activism, Scholarship and Justice. The morning session focuses on the legacy of segregation in Austin. In the afternoon, a graduate student panel examines activist research in the Americas. The conference closes with a keynote address by Alexis Pauline […]
Mobile Homecoming at Shades Retreat
Mobile Homecoming co-founders Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Julia Roxanne Wallace/Sangodare Akinwale are excited to be featured presenters at the 5th Annual Shades Retreat! To register for the Shades Retreat or for more information click here: http://www.shadesretreat.org/
Black Geographies: Politics and Poetics
Friday April 4, 2014 at 3:30p – 5p Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will offer an interactive presentation on theories of Black Diaspora, movement as part of a Black Geographies Colloquim at UNC Chapel Hill.