Divine Love Is Our Birthright:* a workshop in transfuturist prayer

30 Bowdoin Street, Cambridge MA

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Guided by Micah Rosegrant and Nico Pang Presented in collaboration with Luya *named after art by féi hernandez and SA Smythe How do we render space and beauty for ourselves out of the English language’s colonial landscape? How can prayer be a place to “shape God [and] shape change” (adrienne maree brown with Octavia Butler)? In this workshop, Micah Rosegrant and Nico Pang will invite participants into their practice of trans-affirmative spirituality, and then together everyone will explore poetry and spoken word as sites for imagining queer and trans futures. FREE, RSVP required. No experience required; all experience welcome. Come with a way to write (pen and paper, typing device, voice and recorder) and an openness to discovery. This event centers 2S&trans+ beings, while inviting and welcoming all. http://amrep.org/DivineLove --- LUYA Luya is a Chicago-based poetry organization that uplifts the voices and experiences of people of color. Luya (Tagalog for “ginger”) is used as both a spice and a remedy across many cultures, and we bring this spirit of nourishment and healing to every workshop, performance, and open mic space we create. We believe deeply in using poetry to bring communities of color together, to build solidarity around the issues that are important to us, and to reclaim our cultures and histories. CREATING EQUAL A collective of artists, organizers, and facilitators generating public art-making projects, arts-based workshops, connectivity events, and original artworks in conversation with the themes of the upcoming American Repertory Theater musical 1776 in order to foster civic engagement in Greater Boston.