[Wamvan] Invitation - dialogue, creative exploration of identities: queer, feminist and Christian

Joanna Chiu chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com
Thu May 15 08:45:23 PDT 2014


Sounds wonderful! Would it be possible to hold it during the last week of
June while I'm back in town?

Joanna
On 15 May 2014 23:34, "jana g" <janagee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Spring 2014 Greetings WamVan ~ Natalie Tami and Jenna ...
>
> janaJuniper here ... and, Jenna - Welcome to the west coast  :)
>
> I would be interested in attending a Spoken Word / interactive
> space workshop next month (if possible) ...  Living on the island
> does make getting to the city more involved so my hopes are
> that the day and time can work out for me.
>
> Please and Thanks for keeping me in the loop on this Natalie
> and I look forward to the possibility of meeting you Jenna and
> being a part of your upcoming workshop, etc.
>
> and, All the best to you Tami on your workshop / tour.
>
> Later
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 2014 workshop tour begins may 1st!
>> (by and for the people - please pass it on)
>> "Until all of us are free, the few who think they are, remain tainted
>> with enslavement."
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decolonize-Anti-Oppression-Workshop-Tour-with-Tami-Starlight/327348970683291
>> http://theantioppressionnetwork.wordpress.com / decolonizeantioppression
>> at gmail.com
>> Please donate & pass it on: http://www.gofundme.com/7ymbao
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I wanted to pass along an invitation to all of you to be in dialogue
>>> next month about identity, in particular: queer, feminist and Christian
>>> identities (!). Let me explain...
>>>
>>> A wonderful woman I went to journalism school with, named Jenna
>>> Tenn-Yuk <http://jennatennyuk.com/>recently got in touch with me. Next
>>> month she's coming to Vancouver from Ottawa as the artist-in-residence for Vancouver
>>> Biennale. <http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/> An arts festival and
>>> exhibition that runs in 2-year stints, and brings art and artists from
>>> around the world to our city.
>>>
>>> Jenna is now a member of the listserv - welcome Jenna!
>>>
>>> Jenna (somewhat) recently came out as gay. She is a woman of colour, and
>>> identifies as feminist. She's also a Christian, and has struggled with
>>> reconciling these aspects of her identity. She's written about it in places
>>> like Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenna-tenn-yuk/from-familiar-to-foreign-a-gay-christian-goes-back-to-church_b_5160785.html>and theOttawa Citizen.<http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Coming+still+matters/9520924/story.html>
>>>
>>> *She wanted me to pass along an invitation to any feminists I know, to
>>> see if you're interested in meeting up with her when she's here in June.
>>> She wants to organize a spoken word workshop, or other kind of interactive
>>> space, to explore these identities - the intersections and tensions between
>>> them.*
>>>
>>> If you're interested, let me know by posting a reply here.
>>>
>>> Cheers - Nat
>>>
>>> PS - a sample of Jenna's spokenword:  on being "Jamasian"<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2h_aPX99Qo>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Hiy Hiy/Thank you/Merci
>> *Tami M. Starlight*
>> Unceded & occupied Coast Salish Territory
>> Vancouver, Canada
>> tamistarlight at gmail.com
>> 604-790-9943cell
>> https://www.facebook.com/tami.smashtheoppressions
>> http://theantioppressionnetwork.wordpress.com/
>>
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