Funeral for the Empire

2916 Parkway Avenue,Charlotte NC 28208

10 July, 2022

Description

Tickets: Free or Donation to help cover the cost of food Attire: Neon or Tie Dye, if you have it. We exist within a culture that is built on the economics of extraction and the politics of domination. Since time immemorial, the world’s wisdom traditions have told stories that show that those politics bring death, not life. They cannot set us free. You might characterize that culture as an Imperial Death Culture. The Imperial Death Culture celebrates and reinforces those things that cannot bring us life or joy. It offers us the false god of white supremacy. Imperial Death Culture gave us the Doctrine of Discovery, global capitalism, and the ongoing colonialism that extracts material resources from the world, and funnels them into the hands of fewer and fewer people. This culture is built on the great lie of scarcity, that there is not enough for the flourishing of everyone. It is constructed on the sandy soil of domination, which harms, traumatizes, and leaves places haunted and in need of healing. The answers to Imperial Death Culture, as with the ancient Israelites in Egypt, lie in the wilderness, a place of extravagant abundance and fecund creativity. Funeral for the Empire is an artistic communal ceremony involving a wake, funeral, burial of the evils of the Empire- capitalism, militarism, colonialism, racism, individualism. Following the funeral ceremony, we will enjoy the repass- a celebration of another world that is possible. 5:00pm- Wake Visit the art gallery inside of the Marian Wright Edelman House at QC Family Tree featuring prophetic truth telling art by local artists. 5:30pm Funeral Join gatherers in a time of memorializing and lamenting the Empire on the lawn across from Marian House. 6:00pm Burial Proceed to the burial where we will lock the Empire tight into its tomb. 6:30pm Celebration Enjoy music, food, and art as we celebrate the abudance and joyfilled possibilities of another, more beautiful world.