Event

Feelings

FEELINGS WORKSHOP WITH ALOK

How many of us have used theory to make our feelings more legitimate? How many big words have we developed to keep us from saying "I'm scared?" What happens when we recognize that feelings are already valid unto themselves? In this creative arts workshop we work through jealousy, loneliness, hurt, love, longing, and all the parts of ourselves that are often dismissed and devalued. Together we develop strategies for emotional justice.

This workshop is a fundraiser for BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE. 100% of ticket sales goes to BSA.

Saturday April 4
5-7PM

Brave Space Alliance
1515 E 52nd Place
3rd Floor
Chicago, IL

*This space is wheelchair accessible*

Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. We strive to empower, embolden, and educate each other through mutual aid, knowledge-sharing, and the creation of community-sourced resources as we build toward the liberation of all oppressed peoples.

More on ALOK

ALOK (they/them) is a gender non-conforming writer and performance artist. Their eclectic style and poetic challenge to the gender binary have been internationally renowned. As a mixed-media artist Alok uses poetry, comedy, performance, lecture, drag, sound-art, fashion design, self-portraiture, and social media to explore themes of gender, race, trauma, belonging, and the human condition. In 2019 they were selected as one of NBCs Pride 50 and Out Magazines OUT 100. They have presented their work at 500 venues in more than 40 countries.