Please note: This is a closed workshop for women, femmes and non-binary people who are Black/of African descent, including people of mixed heritage. Please be mindful while booking.

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In this reading group and writing workshop with Chloe Filani, we will draw on readings from Audre Lorde's 'Poetry Is Not A Luxury' as our 'call' and share conversation and writing exercises as our 'response'.

Participants will be invited to submit work started in this workshop to the call&response zine.

This workshop is supported by the Black Feminist Bookshop and funded by the Civic House Dream Fund.

Please note:

This is a closed workshop for women, femmes and non-binary people who are Black/of African descent, including people of mixed heritage. Please be mindful while booking.

Content warning:

Due to the subject matter, please note that this event may include possible conversation around racism and racial trauma.

About the facilitator:

Chloe Filani is a Black feminist, poet, performance artist, public speaker and workshop facilitator.

She has performed at Tate Britain, spoken at UAL feminist society, Women of the World festival with BLACK LIVES MATTER and has performed at and curated an art and music event for Black women (cis, trans and queer) called Swaying Feels wit Blk Sirens. She has also performed in collaboration with Barby Asante and other black women and held a creative writing poetry workshop for the Black Girl Fest.

About the organisers:

call&response is an emergent writing community for black women, femmes and non-binary people.

@_call&response

www.tinyurl.com/blackfeministdreaming

The Black Feminist Bookshop is a collective project to open a radical space of resistance, sisterhood and community. We centre Black women, femmes, girls and non-binary people, and create spaces where they can draw on the works and legacies of Black feminist writers to generate strategies for self and collective care and liberation. Look out for popups, events and collaborations.

@blackfeministbookshop

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Access Information About This Event

This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.

There will be 25 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, participants will be involved in: Small group discussions, Whole group discussions, Reading out loud, Reading alone, Writing, Sharing work that has been created.

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