WeSing Choir: Fall Session

1685 West 13th Avenue,Eugene OR 97402

08 November, 2022

Description

WeSing is a queer-led, intergenerational and life-affirming community of humans, singing into the growing and necessary movement for our collective liberation. We ground in the “we” and believe in the power of the collective.We are singing affirmations and reclamations from our authentic, embodied voices.We are cultivating practices to transform ourselves, so that we may transform our world.We are healing together in community for a world rooted in justice and love. WHEN: Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, OR WHAT: circle-singing, embodied voice practices, community-building, and songs for the movement. Not sure what to expect? Here is some footage from WeSing Choir Oakland in 2019: Who Is WeSing? Video There is no prior singing experience required to participate in WeSing. Our community members may come from all backgrounds - some long-time choir lovers, some trained singers, some, car or shower singers, some singing for the very first time in our space. You are loved and welcomed. Singing is your birthright. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WeSing strives to be an actively inclusive, anti-racist and anti-oppression community -- you can learn more about our practices and intentions below. ANTI-OPPRESSION/LIFE-AFFIRMING PRACTICES As a white-bodied facilitator, I am deeply committed to a fierce, compassionate and consistent practice of examining and dismantling the culture of whiteness/white supremacist delusion that lives inside my body and lingers in the air we all breathe. These practices are always evolving. Giving from our proceeds each term: WeSing pays 10% of proceeds each term to a Native/Indigenous-led movement and a Black-led movement.​Engaging in a land acknowledgement practice: naming the unceded / stolen territory where we reside, the ways in which we benefit from it, and the actions we can take toward healing, justice and accountability. Naming and owning our complicity in systems of oppression and working to dismantle those systems.Honoring and lifting up the stories and music from humans outside the dominant narratives: listening and celebrating the voices of immigrants, Black Indigenous and People of the Global Majority, queer and trans folx, elders, youth, disabled folx, abolitionists, and more.Understanding cultural appropriation vs appreciation --especially as it shows up in music-- with a commitment to learn from any missteps and repair harm caused with swiftness, thoughtfulness and humility.Offering an ongoing open forum via Google forms for our BIPOC community to submit feedback -- anonymously if they so choose -- with requests, questions or grievances, so that we may be in a process of relational accountability and transparency.