Hold Us Well: Community Sing with Shireen Amini @Chico

695 E 18th St,Chico CA 95928

19 October, 2022

Description

A portion of proceeds from this entire tour will go to the Fiona Community Response Fund & Amnesty Iran Event Details:This will be Shireen's first time visiting the Chico community! This event is part of her "Hold Us Well" Tour, whose theme we will explore together through music (read more below). You are invited to this singing gathering to experience the power of song as medicine, as a tool for liberation, and to simply fill your well of joy and connection. Singing is a birthright and all levels of experience are welcome. Shireen will teach songs on-the-spot, usually through call and echo, that are sourced from the community singing movement or have come through her. You are encouraged to bring the wholeness of who you are to this embodied experience of singing with full permission to be in movement, grief, and laughter. 6-6:30pm ~ arrival 6:30-8pm ~ singing container 8pm-? ~ whatever unfolds *We will not require masking or proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Please mask and distance at your own comfort level. *No one turned away for lack of funds. If this is you, give what you can, or just show up in solidarity and receive. This event was made possible in collaboration with Theresa Juelch. Thank you, Theresa! Tour Description:This tour is propelled by one deep, prayerful question: How do we hold us well? “Us” could mean you, could mean me, those who are not present, the web of living beings, past and future ones. It could mean our Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Latinx, Asian, immigrant and international communities, or people living different identities or life circumstances than are favored by patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy. It could mean those who are favored. It could mean your loved ones, strangers, or people you will never meet. I don’t have the answers. I just have the questions and a willingness to discover together…through the power of music. The concept for this tour “Hold Us Well” was borne out of my own grief and a feeling of enough-ness...enough with my culturally-systemically induced flimsy boundaries, tolerance of disrespect, abuse, or disregard for my truth and wholeness. Enough with the state of the people of my lineages (Puerto Rican & Iranian) who are, in realtime, living the strongholds of colonialism or oppressive regimes. It’s a plea for a shift out of a consciousness that allows this, any of this. I am supporting the people of my ancestry through this particular journey, but I am interested in YOU receiving care and respect too, no matter who you are. Your well-being is vital to any collective change. So before we show up for others, I ask us to look first at how we show up for ourselves in every relationship, in every setting. I do believe the great fights of our time begin at the deeply personal level. My intention for this tour will express in different ways through each offering, alive to what unfolds. But I summon nothing short of magic, medicine, and justice. If you show up to any of these events, my hope is that whether through listening, singing, drumming, co-creation, or conversation that you fortify a radical self-love, an impenetrable perimeter of self-respect, and feel more committed to holding the same for others. May it be so. ~Shireen Amini Artist Bio:Shireen Amini (non-binary using she / her pronouns) is a Portland-based queer, Puerto Rican-Iranian, Earth-loving artist-activist, singer-songwriter, community song leader, percussionist, and teaching artist. As a performer, she has had the honor of opening for Sheila E. and Colin Hay and, with her Latin band ¡Chiringa!, Ozomatli and the Gipsy Kings. With a BA in Ethnomusicology from UCLA and a certificate in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing from CIIS in San Francisco, Shireen has also come to believe strongly in music as a tool for personal and collective transformation. She is deeply committed to her own liberation path and vision of a more just world, which she hopes to usher forward with fire, heart, and joy through her music. Artist Website: shireenamini.com Community Offerings Website: shireenaminimusicmedicine.com