BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32860@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240616T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240616T170000 DTSTAMP:20240521T013017Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/in-solidarity-teach-in-for-a-free-p alestine/ SUMMARY:In Solidarity: Teach-In for a Free Palestine DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nSAN FRANCISCO\, CA\nAs part of QCC's National Queer Art F estival Visual Exhibit: BLOOM Collective and xtal azul will host a Free Pa lestine teach-in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a day of intensive workshop s\, starting with an exploration of how white supremacist Christian nation alism drives anti-trans and anti-Palestine legislation\, the establishment of police cities\, anti-abortion bills\, and other movements pushing us t oward fascism. The first hour will be led by Mx. Yaffa\, followed by break out sessions into the tracks below. There will be an hour-long break from 2:30-3:30\, during which you can get a signed copy of Mx. Yaffa's latest b ook\, "Desecrated Poppies\," to be released on June 19th.\nTrack One\nBuil ding Power and Strategy With Mx. Yaffa and Avé\nExplore the meaning of gr assroots power-building and strategies for the future. This session will d elve into practical ways to find your role in this movement and how to pro gress towards utopia.\nTrack Two\nArt as Resistance With Mama Ganuush and Leila\nLeila will discuss the historical role of Zionism in US contemporar y dance and examine its ongoing influence on today's concert stages. She w ill also explore how the Zionist state uses the arts to portray itself as a cultural hub promoting peace\, and how this intersects with various form s of washing.\n\nMama Ganuush will discuss pinkwashing and practical strat egies to disrupt this narrative. They will also delve into the power of cl aiming our stories through their drag performance.\nAbout the facilitators :\nMx. Yaffa (They/She) is an acclaimed disabled\, autistic\, trans\, quee r\, Muslim\, and indigenous Palestinian. Yaffa is the executive Director o f the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) and has rece ived multiple awards for their transformative work around displacement\, d ecolonization\, equity\, and centering the lived experiences of individual s most impacted by injustice. Yaffa is an engineer\, peer support speciali st\, death doula\, birthing doula\, and yoga teacher. Yaffa is the author of Blood Orange\, a poetry collection about displacement\, colonization\, and hope building and the editor "Inara: light of Utopia\," about the curr ent genocide and a free Falasteen\, are out now.\n\nOriented towards justi ce\, Avé chooses transformation\, With over three decades of multidiscipl inary yoga practice\, they have committed their life to sharing wellness. Most commonly known for their political\, environmental\, and social justi ce work in the LGBTQ+ community\, their methods are rooted in health throu gh Black Liberation. From birthwork to peer support to end of life care\, Avé enjoys serving as a witness of becoming.\n\nA student of life\, Avé is a writer\, full spectrum doula\, public scholar\, and wellness guide. I nspired by traditional healing and aerial perspective\, the goal is guidin g life with abundance towards death in solace.\n\nMama Ganuush is a libera ted\, multifaceted Trans Drag Artist\, community organizer\, and social ju stice activist. @mamaganuush https://www.mamaganuush.com/\n\nLeila Mire (s he/her) is a researcher\, performer\, choreographer\, community organizer\ , educator\, and writer. Her studies focus on the role of imperialism and Zionism in modern dance and problematize how folk dance is used to advance neoliberal agendas. She is currently in the Theatre\, Dance\, Performance Studies PhD program at UC Berkeley and is a graduate of NYU (MA in Perfor mance Studies) and George Mason (BFA in Dance Performance.) You can find o ut more about her work through insta @leila.posts or through her website l eilamiredance.co\n\nAccessibility:\n\nThese events are free for Palestinia ns and others directly impacted by the ongoing genocide. We ask that all o ther attendees contribute a sliding-scale donation between $10 to $100. No one will be turned away for lack of funds\, and larger donations will off set the cost of other attendees’ tickets. 50% of ticket sales will benef it QCC’s programming\, while the remaining 50% will directly benefit que er and trans Palestinians in Palestine and throughout the diaspora through Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) mutual aid work.\ n\nWe are very grateful for the support of Mx. Yaffa and the Muslim Allian ce for Gender and Sexual Diversity (MAGSD) for their input on the curatori al process. Their expertise and guidance have been invaluable in shaping o ur efforts\n\nASL interpretation is available at all events and by request . If you are interested in attending an event and require ASL interpretati on\, please send your request to production@queerculturalcenter.org.\n\nSO MArts is wheelchair/ADA accessible. Bathrooms are gender-neutral and ADA a ccessible.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/05/temp-21.jpg LOCATION:SOMArts Cultural Center\, 934 Brannan Street\, San Francisco\, Cal ifornia\, 94103\, United States GEO:37.771178;-122.406626 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=934 Brannan Street\, San Fr ancisco\, California\, 94103\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=SO MArts Cultural Center:geo:37.771178,-122.406626 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR