Revolutionary Mothering: Writing at the Intersections of Race & Identity
Inspired by the anthology Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, which "places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation," this class focuses on people who identify as mothers and BIPOC. We will read, discuss, and write at the intersections of identity, recognizing how race, ethnicity, language, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with mothering and conceptions of intergenerational motherhood. Sample readings include essays/poems from Revolutionary Mothering, Raising Mothers, Maya Angelou, Ali Wong, Toi Derricotte, and more.
Registration dates:
March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)
March 14: Member registration opens
March 21: General registration opens
Aimee Suzara
Aimee Suzara is a Filipino-American poet, playwright, and performer based in Oakland, CA whose mission is to create, and help others create, poetic and theatrical writing about race, gender, and the body to provoke dialogue and social change. Her debut poetry book, Souvenir (WordTech Editions 2014) was a finalist for the WILLA Award 2015, and her plays A History of the Body and Tiny Fires were finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2015 and 2016. A YBCAway awardee and Spirited Woman Fellow (AROHO), her theater and performance work has been presented nationally and staged at Berkeley Repertory Theater, CounterPULSE, the World Theater, and Bindlestiff Studio and selected for PlayGround, United States of Asian America Festival, Emerging Performance Festival, The National One-Minute Play Festival, Utah Arts Festival, and APAture; she collaborated as a writer-performer with Deep Waters Dance Theater in 2007–2011 and with other groups such as the San Francisco State University University Dance Theater. She is a 4th season member of the Playground SF Writer's Pool at Berkeley Repertory Theater. An advocate for arts education, she has taught composition at Bay Area Colleges and Universities since 2006 and has offered workshops and coaching in creative writing since 2003. Visit www.aimeesuzara.net for more information.
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Instagram: @aimeesuzara.artist
