Workshops
Saturday October 23, 2005
11am - 2pm :: Homecoming: A Workshop for Gender Variant People of Colour
Facilitation by Qwo-Li Driskill, using Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.
For gender variant people of colour/mixed-race people, "home" is often a complicated reality. How do we remain or become integrated into our ancestral community/ies? How do we create new home community/ies? How do we engage in decolonization movements fully presenting our gender variant selves? How do we grieve the loss of "home" while celebrating the creation of new home communities? How can we transform and/or reclaim our cultural roles for the benefit of the health of our communities? How do we address issues such as nation, homeland, culture, and diaspora as gender variant people? This workshop will attempt to address these issues and others through interactive theatre and discussion. A people of colour/mixed-race/nonwhite only space.
Sunday October 23, 2005
11am - 2pm :: Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop
Facilitated by Colin Kennedy Donovan.
This workshop explores issues of white privilege, power and racism. Theater of the Oppressor techniques create a tangible arena for non-actors to examine allyship, interruption / perpetuation of everyday racism and societal systems of power.
11am - 2pm :: Homecoming: A Workshop for Gender Variant People of Colour
Facilitation by Qwo-Li Driskill, using Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.
For gender variant people of colour/mixed-race people, "home" is often a complicated reality. How do we remain or become integrated into our ancestral community/ies? How do we create new home community/ies? How do we engage in decolonization movements fully presenting our gender variant selves? How do we grieve the loss of "home" while celebrating the creation of new home communities? How can we transform and/or reclaim our cultural roles for the benefit of the health of our communities? How do we address issues such as nation, homeland, culture, and diaspora as gender variant people? This workshop will attempt to address these issues and others through interactive theatre and discussion. A people of colour/mixed-race/nonwhite only space.
Sunday October 23, 2005
11am - 2pm :: Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop
Facilitated by Colin Kennedy Donovan.
This workshop explores issues of white privilege, power and racism. Theater of the Oppressor techniques create a tangible arena for non-actors to examine allyship, interruption / perpetuation of everyday racism and societal systems of power.