2 Spirited People, Trans* Women, Sex Working Women: We have all had our identities and communities erased, misunderstood or attacked in the name of feminism. But we are powerful, resilient, brilliant feminist leaders in our own right–and tonight we come together with our allies to celebrate this!
A group of so-called “radical feminists” are coming to Toronto July 5-7. They claim that we are not real women, that we are traitors to feminism and they have attacked those who disagree with them.
RECLAIMING REVOLUTION is our night to build our communities’ connections to each other and to define and celebrate our genders & our visions of freedom and feminism for ourselves.
RECLAIMING REVOLUTION: 2 SPIRITED, SEX WORKING, TRANS* FEMINISTS RISE UP!
Tuesday July 2 | 519 Community Centre | Free
5-6:30PM MOVEMENTS THAT KEEP US SAFE: AN ANTI-VIOLENCE SKILLSHARE w/ micha cárdenas. ***This workshop is intended for 2 spirited people of all genders, trans* women and sex working women***
7-7:30 PM LEAVING EVIDENCE: A COMMUNITY ARCHIVING PROJECT. Queer and Trans young people from The People Project will conduct short video interviews about how you identify & what feminism looks like to YOU!
Anonymity is available. OPEN TO ALL
7:30 PM PERFORMANCES, FILM AND PANEL
OPEN TO ALL
-Eagle Woman Singerz
-MIrha-Soleil Ross performing an excerpt from her acclaimed play “Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts From An Unrepentant Whore”
-Panel featuring:
Mirha-Soleil Ross
micha cárdenas
Monica Forrester
Kim Katrin Crosby
-Short film on “Ho Feminism” (captioned)
-Closing Performance by… to be announced!
Mirha-Soleil Ross is an interdisciplinary artist, storyteller, writer, translator and social justice activist. She is widely known for her work in video, performance, theatre as well as for her critical contributions to transsexual and sex worker political movements and cultures. “My Métis identity is deeply rooted historically and spiritually, in the resilience of the first generations of Métis women, the clan mothers behind the mystery of our lives and our collective survival today.”
micha cárdenas is an artist, hacktivist, poet, performer, student, educator, mixed-race trans femme latina survivor who works at the intersection of movement, technology and politics. micha has been involved in creative media activism for the past ten years and currently focuses on the ways that art and activism can be combined into visionary activism. Inspired by social movements in the global south and art practices based in trans experience, micha’s approach to art and activism always challenges the separation between artist and audience, student and teacher, art and politics. micha has been facilitating workshops building on what our bodies already know to envision community based responses to violence for two years in Los Angeles, Detroit, San Jose, Milwaukee, Montreal, São Paulo and Berlin.
Monica Forrester is a 2Spirit-black sista, queer femme, adult entertainer and activist in all areas of the LGBTQ2S and sex work community. She is the winner of Inspire Person of the Year, Black Essence Award and EGALE Person of Colour Award and is currently Engagement Coordinator at Maggie’s and ED of Trans Pride Toronto–Transitioning Together.
Kim Katrin Crosby: A daughter of the diaspora, Arawak, West African, Indian and Dutch, hailing from Trinidad and living currently in Toronto. Kim is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, activist, consultant, facilitator and educator. She has completed a residency both under D’bi Young and Buddies In Bad Times Theatre. She is co founder of The People Project, a movement of queer and trans folks of color and our allies, committed to individual and community empowerment through alternative education, activism and collaboration, and was also featured as one of Go Magazine’s ‘100 Women We Love’ in 2012 and is a current feature of The Insight Project highlighting Toronto’s game changers.
About “Movements That Keep Us Safe” skillshare: How do we find the movements that make us safe, that make us strong and connected, the movements that open the doors into other realities? This workshop will engage participants in a discussion, using Theater of the Oppressed and performance exercises, where we will share the skills and knowledge we have as 2 Spirited people, trans women and as sex workers for keeping ourselves and our communities safe from violence. We will look at some high tech approaches and some no tech approaches in order to create community based responses to violence. No experience is necessary to participate in the workshop, as both rely on what our bodies already know.
ASL interpretation for panel and performances | Wheelchair accessible | ttc tokens available to lounge members | we are working on getting this livestreamed as well
