Thursday, October 24

Principled Struggle: Anti-blackness, Solidarity & a Free Palestine

A two part workshop exploring solidarity and antiblackness in the movement for a free Palestine rooted in global black liberation struggles

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Thursday, October 24 · 3:30 - 6pm PDT

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Online

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Refunds up to 7 days before event

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About this event

Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

Principled Struggle: Anti-blackness, Solidarity & the Movement for a Free Palestine

Part 1 of 2 | Virtual Session | October 16th, 2024 | 7- 9:30 PM EST

Participants in this workshop will explore the constructions of Blackness within the Arab world and the ways they manifest themselves within liberation movements. In part one, co-learners will develop an introductory understanding of the trans Saharan slave trade, pre and post the spread of Islam in the Arab world and beyond. The mechanics of anti-blackness, imperialism, and capitalism are central to understanding the present day power dynamics that affect the lives of Black people within the Arab world, Muslim communities, and intersecting anti-imperial struggles.

Prerequisites: there are no prerequisites for this session. Participants interested in solidarity and the movement for a free Palestine are welcome to attend, regardless of previous experience.

Live Captions | ASL | Note Taking

Principled Struggle: Anti-blackness, Solidarity & the Movement for a Free Palestine

Part 2 of 2 | Virtual Session | October 24th, 2024 | 7- 9:30 PM EST

Beginning with in depth reflections on the ways in which anti-blackness plays out in various movement spaces/tactics. Learners will explore historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Palestinian liberation struggles and engage with a number of case studies, excerpts, and models for organizing towards radical solidarity within our movements. Rooted in the shared dynamics of injustice and overlapping visions for a liberated world, participants will learn individual and collective values and strategies for finding our place in a principled struggle.

Pre-requisites: Participation in Part 1 of this series is a prerequisite for this session. Part 1 will take place on October 16th, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST

Live Captions | ASL | Note Taking

Organized by

Rania El Mugammar

Rania El Mugammar is a Sudanese Artist, Liberation Educator, Abolitionist, Anti-oppression Consultant , multidisciplinary performer, speaker and published writer. Her work explores reproductive justice, transformative justice & abolition, art as liberation and digital justice.

As a writer, Rania's work explores themes of identity, womanhood, Blackness, flight, exile, migration, belonging, gender, sexuality and beyond. Rania's primary mediums are poetry, spoken word and oral storytelling. She is a published poet, storyteller and playwright. Rania is deeply interested in poetic form and the auditory texture of words as well as the visual/aesthetic impact of language and form.

Rania is an experienced anti-oppression, abolition and liberation educator and consultant who is unflinchingly committed to decolonization and freedom as the ultimate goals of her work. She has worked extensively with contemporary arts institutions, STEM based enterprises, media organization, educational institutions and community/grassroots spaces. Rania has worked with hundreds of organizations, collectives and institutions including VIBE Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Ministry of Canadian Heritage, Daniels Spectrum, Trinity Square Video, Ebay, Facebook Canada, Toronto Cultural Music Lab, Banff Centre for the Arts, Myseum, Ryerson School of Fashion, Canadian Stage, Bcurrent, Toronto Arts Council, WattPad, Women’s College Hospital, the University of Michigan, Peel Dufferin Catholic District School Board, Regent Park Focus and beyond.

CA$91.86