Black Women Holding Space for Ourselves is a workshop for self-identified Black trans/queer/cis women to breathe, reset and dream beyond the limitations of current socio-political structures. The workshop, facilitated by Tammy Johnson, will focus on how circles of care enable Black women to reconnect to our spirit, resource each other, and imagine and live into new possibilities.
The session will include breathwork, journaling and physical movement. No formal dance experience is necessary.
Saturday AUGUST 21 , 1 - 3 PM (PDT)
TICKETS: $0-50, sliding scale
If you require closed captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact admin@hopemohr.org by July 14, 2021 with your access needs.
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ABOUT TAMMY JOHNSON | Tammy Johnson is a dancer, writer, and cultural worker living in Oakland, California. As a highly visible and effective community organizer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Johnson directed economic justice, electoral reform and public education campaigns. For over a decade she was a national organizer, trainer, writer and policy analyst at Race Forward. Tammy’s gift for strategy development and ability to nurture strong relationships with groups on the ground led to a decade at Race Forward, spent advancing racial justice as a national organizer, trainer, writer, policy analyst and public speaker. She co-produced the television special Colorlines: Race and Economic Recovery with LinkTV, and has written for the Christian Science Monitor, The Huffington Post, and Colorlines.com. As an equity consultant Johnson has worked with Naka Dance Theater, SUMOFUS.org, California Shakespeare Theater, Mobilize the Immigrant Vote, The Laundromat Project, Luna Dance Institute, and Opera America. Specializing in Egyptian style bellydancing, Johnson was the 2016 recipient of Deborah Slater’s Studio 210 Residency Program. She performed as part of ChimaTEK: Hybridity Visualization Mandala, a piece created by renowned performance visual artists Saya Woolfalk. For fifteen years Johnson and Etang Inyang performed as the award-winning duet Raks Africa, and co-directed the Girls Raks Bellydance and Body Image program. Currently Johnson is the director of Project Aiwa, which promotes North African dance and culture.
ABOUT THE BRIDGE PROJECT | The Bridge Project creates and supports equity-driven live art that builds community and centers artists as agents of change. The Bridge Project, co-directed by Cherie Hill, Hope Mohr, and Karla Quintero, consists of the following programs: a Community Engagement Residency; a Multidisciplinary Performance Series; a Teaching Artist Series; and a Public Dialogue Series. More information at www.bridgeproject.art
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Photo: Tammy Johnson by Robbie Sweeny