11/18 Writing Workshop ||| Re-Calling Our Ancestors

Reclaiming "Bad Kin": Writing Toward Settler Ancestors

A Re-Calling Our Ancestors Writing Workshop with ROA community members Geneva Toland & Zoë Fay-Stindt
Join Re-Calling Our Ancestors as we write toward and alongside our ancestors on:

Tuesday, November 18th
4:00-6:00pm pst / 5:00-7:00pm mst / 7:00-9:00pm est

“Only through actively beginning from our understanding of our complicity in ongoing brutality can white settlers participate in the project of remaking the world,” writes Alexis Shotwell in her essay, “Claiming Bad Kin.” For those of us whose ancestors took part in the early settling of Turtle Island, displacement, and attempted genocide of Indigenous peoples, knowing where to begin can be daunting. But our responsibilities to our beloved dead continue in the stories we write today, and language offers a place to begin those conversations. On the page, we can reach across centuries to speak with our kin, getting curious about the choices they made and reckoning with the harms they caused that brought us to the lands we live on today.

In this two-hour session, we will write towards, through, and alongside our settler ancestors. What questions do we have for them? How do we not turn away from, but toward, our “bad kin,” with love, humility, and accountability? All levels are welcome to this generative session. Participants will be guided in somatic practice, creative prompts, and held in a container for collective sharing and witnessing.

Join us as we explore writing as a form of resistance and integration.
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As we convene in support of the relationships, collective learnings, and shared inquiry of Re-Calling Our Ancestors, we invite you to make financial contributions.

We believe that how we are with money, together and individually, is part of our pathway out of systems of dominance and toward such an emergent, co-liberatory future.

We ask for a sliding scale contribution of $15 - $65 for this workshop. That said, if you are in a financial position to give more, please do. And if you need to contribute less, please contribute what you are able. We welcome all financial positions, and trust you to give based on your needs and your commitment to redistributing wealth. We are committed to redistributing at least 10% of proceeds to Indigenous communities, and invite you to contribute with this in mind.

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Reclaiming "Bad Kin": Writing Toward Settler Ancestors

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