Potluck Series
The Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind Potluck Series is a never-ending series of delicious gatherings celebrating, lifting up, studying and utilizing the legacy of Black feminist thought to save our lives and transform our communities in Durham, NC (and in your community if you choose to read along!) All are welcome to this child-inclusive space!
2012
Focus on Contemporary Black Feminist Poets
Sunday May 27th 5pm
Mendi Lewis Obadike
Former Durham resident, friend and inspiration to Lex and many others, Mendi Obadike is a deep experimental tribute to reflection, manifestation and love. A student of Lucille Clifton and a everyday example of how to bring poetry to life, her work makes space for conversations we need to have! Join us for a discussion of a sampling of Mendi’s poems from Armor and Flesh and get ready to experience an open heart and a tingling of skin! Check out Lex’s review of Mendi’s recent opera masquerade collaboration with her partner Keith Obadike in 4 Electric Ghosts here to get a sense: http://thefeministwire.com/2012/02/get-there-four-electric-ghosts/
Sunday June 17th 5pm
Samiya Bashir
Brilliant poet, educator and smiling visitation of sunshine Samiya Bashir’s poetry rocks in your heart whether you read it with your eyes or your mouth. There is something so Sunday-perfect and sanctuary ironic about these poems that you will not want to miss this session! Read Lex’s overjoyed review of Bashir’s Gospel here: http://blackademics.org/2009/05/18/independent-black-gay-and-lesbian-publisher-redbone-press-presents-gospel-by-samiya-bashir/
Sunday July 22nd
Evie Shockley
Evie Shockley, also a former Durham resident and student of Lucille Clifton offers urgent experimental resources for Black feminist time travelers and our cluttered pockets. As a scholar and artist her work allows us to speak with historical figures, re-meet ancestors we thought we knew and challenge the ways we internalize space. Half-Red Sea is featured in the Mobile Homecoming web series The Real Reading Rainbow’s Kwanzaa poetry recommendations video (actually along with the books by the other poets featured in this series! Check it out here: https://vimeo.com/34218165
2011
August
- facing “first”
Bring something yummy to share and be sure to remember who you bring with you where and when you enter!
love,
lex
2010
September
(Jewelle Gomez and her Nana, photo by Ann Chapman)
Reconnect with the Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind Potluck Series on September 2nd at 6pm at the Inspiration Station. We will be discussing Jewelle Gomez’s “Because Silence is Costly” and discussing what it means for us to speak up intergenerationally and in community.
You can download the reading here: “Because Silence is Costly”
Bring a dish and a friend if you can and your brilliant eternal mind.
love,
lex
Saturday, January 30th, 1pm
Black Feminism Lives in Durham!
(featuring Harriet Alston, founding member of the Salsa Soul Sisters)
Watch this video to learn more about the Salsa Soul Sisters and come to the potluck ready to ask great questions and benefit from Harriet’s wisdom and experience!
February
Black Feminism Lives Worldwide!
(featuring the creative non-fiction of Mai’a Williams on Black feminist solidarity in the Middle East)
March
How Did We Learn to Love Like This?
(featuring the poetry and prose of asha bandele on love despite the Prison Industrial Complex)
April
Black Feminist Blogging
(tentatively featuring Yolanda Carrington of the Primary Contradiction)
May
“Turning the Beat Around”
(featuring Audre Lorde’s work on Black lesbian feminism and parenting)
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