Libation Oracle: Great Mother Celebration (Lexington, KY)
Four Points by Sheraton Hotel Lexington, KY September 22-24, 2017
Singing of a New American: Pauli Murray’s Legacy and Justice in the 21st Century (Howard Law School)
Anna Pauline (Pauli) Murray [HUSL 1944] was a writer, activist, lawyer, university professor, priest, and saint. Over the course of 75 years, Murray worked at the intersection of race, sex, and gender. Black women were the center of her worldview. For Murray, equality required whatever it took to make Black women […]
Nikki Finney in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Durham NC
Hayti Heritage Center. 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina 27701 September 14, 2017 6-8pm
the black oceanists: underwater oracle (at UNC Chapel Hill)
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will activate an oracle based on her recent book Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity and her forthcoming book M Archive: After the End of the World. Monday, Sept 11 2017 UNC Chapel Hill Sponsored by the Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies Department at UNC Chapel Hill and […]
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Kathy Engel at Hobart Festival of Women Writers
Sunday 9/10/17 12:45pm – 1:45pm at the Hobart Community Center, 80 Cornell Avenue Readers: ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS “Spill” RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS “Lighting the Shadow” KATHY ENGEL “Ruth’s Skirts”
Breathe Underwater: Memory Magic and Your Manuscript (at the Hobart Festival of Women Writers)
BREATHE UNDERWATER: Memory, Magic and Your Manuscript Presented by Alexis Pauline Gumbs 9/9/17 1:45-3:45pm Hobart Book Village of the Catskills This two-hour workshop/ceremony will use individual writing exercises, partner and group work, and intentional breathing to deepen and broaden Participants’ relationship to their current writing project and/or writing practice. If Participants feel like […]
Necessary as Water: Black Lesbians United Labor Day Weekend
A Libation Ritual by Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs at the Annual Black Lesbians United Retreat in Malibu, CA.
Webinar: When Wind and Water Got You: Place, Purpose, Past and Presence
When Wind and Water Got You: Place, Purpose, Past and Presence: Weds and Thurs August 23 & 24th 3-6pm Eastern This intensive is for those us listening for place. Are you listening for signs to guide you as you decide the place you want to live? Are you listening for guidance on your place in […]
Webinar: At this Point…: Brilliance Remastered Q&A for Faculty and Independent Scholars
At this point…: Brilliance Remastered Q & A for Faculty, Admins and Independent Scholars Weds, August 16, 2017 This webinar is specifically for people who are finished with school (at least for now) and are looking to craft a community accountable career or to transition from one institutional relationship to a different approach. Brilliance Remastered will […]