SHE WRITE BLACK:

BLACK GIRL POETICS + LIBERATION + HEALING

SUMMER LAB DESCRIPTION:

In She Write Black, we use Black Girl Poetics as a form of healing and liberation. We write about the joys and the pains of Black girlhood - creatively, poetically and unapologetically. We explore the depths of our own voice and affirm our relationship to our own stories. We do not shame nor censor ourselves. We write to get free.

Deadline to Enroll: Tuesday, June 15, 2021

LAB INSTRUCTOR:

Reelaviolette Botts-Ward is a homegirl, an artist, and a nontraditional community curator from Philadelphia, PA. She is the founder of blackwomxnhealing, an intergenerational collective of Black womxn committed to wholeness, where she curates healing circles, exhibitions, courses, and research “for us, by us.” Currently a Professor of African American Studies at Merritt College, and a doctoral candidate (PhD student) in African American Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Gender, Women, and Sexuality at the University of California, Berkeley, her research explores Black women's healing spaces in Oakland. She received her BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Spelman College and her MA in African American Studies with an Anthropology concentration from UCLA. She remains invested in making her academic work accessible to community audiences, using art and poetry as tools of translation. Her first book of poems, mourning my inner[black/girl]child, was published with Nomadic Press in 2021. For more information on her work, visit blackwomxnhealing.com / @blackwomxnhealing / @reelaviolette on instagram.

LAB DAY, DURATION & TIME:

Mondays at 3:30 PM EST
(60 Minutes)
4 Weeks: Monday, June 28 - Monday, July 19