Date & time
Thursday, August 10, 2023
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
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Embodied liberation
Dramatherapy and creative movement workshop by and for Black queer and trans people
Speaker(s)
Kat Charles
Cost
This event is free
Organization
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation
Room LB 145
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
This therapeutic creative arts workshop is designed for queer and black trans people who have experienced anti-black racism at work.
Together we will attempt to create a safer, more sacred space to explore feelings related to this shared experience by using authentic dance, theatrical expression, storytelling and poetry as creative tools to guide us through this theme.
This therapeutic workshop is not intended to replace a course of psychotherapy. Instead, the workshop aims to create a fertile ground for connection with other members of the same community, and to nurture each participant's own process of healing and fulfillment.
About the facilitator
Kat Charles (she/they) is a youth counsellor, community organizer, and artist based in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal).
Kat holds a Master’s in creative arts therapy and has experience facilitating safer space for QTBIPOC youth as a counsellor and community worker. Their growing ideology as a therapist is heavily influenced by anti-oppressive practices and an acknowledgement of the systems that support or fail to support an individual. In their practice Kat enjoys emphasizing imaginative playfulness as a form of embodied emancipation and resistance, using techniques such as role play, storytelling, improvisation, paintng, drawing, music and dance. Kat believes that imaginative playfulness and involving the body in therapy can facilitate the experience of joy, embodied freedom and emotional release.
Harambec Summer Program
We are pleased to share with you the program of workshops and drop-ins organized throughout the summer.
Join us at Black Feminist Summer Camp, an innovative space by and for Black women, non-binary and trans* people to build community, learn and grow together.
On the program – Empowerment Workshops: led by Black feminist leaders and experts. Explore topics such as Black feminism, wellness, mental health, self-love and activism. Gain valuable knowledge, skills and tools for navigating anti-black spaces, confidence and resilience.
Every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. from July 6, 2023 to August 17, 2023 – at the space SHIFT 1400 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest LB 145, Montreal – it’s free!
Registration link: https://forms.gle/1Bx7XS8FxmSsgFJM7