RSVP is required as space is limited. Creative Writing Workshop with Shay Youngblood Saturday Sept. 7, 2019 11:00am – 1:00pm George Washington Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina St. Austin, Texas “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde What ...
For decades, Earl Gilmore—a flamboyant, African American, self-taught musician—was the most interesting person in the tiny coal town of Clinchco, Virginia. Just ask any of the generations of children who came to his house to learn about Black history, music, dancing, dress up and just having fun. But underneath the surface there was so much more. A filmmaker returns to ...
ARCHITECTURE OF SOUL SOUND by Shay Youngblood is a three part performance about the connections between architecture, memory, history and the environment. Architecture of Soul Sound the performance. Performers: Shay Youngblood, Florinda Bryant G'beda Tonya Lyles and Tuyến Quang Thái Architecture of Soul Sound was inspired by my research on the connections between architecture, memory, history and the environment during ...
Join our 32nd annual AIDS Walk Austin on Saturday, September 21st at Republic Square! We will be partnering again with the SFC Farmers' Market. Join us for live music, a beer and titos garden, the farmers market, food vendors, and much more! Kid and dog friendly! JOIN US: https://www.classy.org/team/238265 9:00 am: Registration Opens 9:00 am: Zumba in the park 9:00 ...
Though we may know that self-care is important in our lives, it’s still a journey to understand what counts as self-care for us, and when we need it. It’s important to actively integrate routines, emergency kits, and the like into our daily lives, as we navigate work stress, sexual and romantic relationships, and many other spaces. Join us on Wednesday, ...
Join us on October 19th at 2 PM as we learn about Self Anointing the Body with an Oil Ritual to Protect, Love and Respect our Body Space! In this mini-herbalist course we will understand how to craft our own Abhyanga Oil, an Ayurvedic Self Massage Practice. Learn about traditional Mexican Botanicals to Infuse our Oil with while Emotionally understanding ...
Join us to celebrate Disability Awareness Month on October 29th at 6:30 PM to discuss disabilities and how it relates to us as QPOC and our relationships, sexual or otherwise! Disability is a complex identity to hold. Any disability can take up a very large portion of one’s life, yet there are very few opportunities to talk about it. As ...
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos Celebration Saturday, November 2, 2019 6:30pm-8:30pm 701 Tillery Street Suite A-1 Austin, TX 78702 This celebration will include a community altar exhibit, artistic expression and reception honoring the lives of those who have gone before us and in celebration of their memories that live on within us. Artistic expression participants: Bree Z. Love ...
Masculine folks often struggle under the pressure to conform to unrealistic gender expectations. We are instructed to both internalize and externalize these unattainable expectations in violent behaviors that we turn towards ourselves and others such as domestic abuse and suicide. In an unsurprising but little known plot twist, the lineage of toxic masculinity can easily be traced back to the ...
Often as we fight for access to abortion in our defense of bodily autonomy, we see from some community, allies, and politicians in the pro-abortion community that trans folks are frequently excluded or overlooked in our fight. This can be from the way we talk about who’s accessing abortion and what they need, to how queer and trans folks are ...
