Journaling as Resistance: A practice of Becoming

Guided by the wisdom of Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Undrowned) and Audre Lorde (Uses of the Erotic), this session invites us to listen “beyond the normative ability to hear”—honoring the spiritual, emotional, and relational dimensions of our lives. Drawing on Lorde’s understanding of the erotic as a powerful life force and tool for social change, we will root into deeper ways of knowing and feeling. Together, we’ll explore our relationship to becoming, inspired by Norma Wong’s "Who We Are Becoming Matters". We will create space to rest, breathe, remember, and journal—reconnecting with a deeper sense of purpose. Through body–mind centering practices, we’ll work with breath as a vessel for aliveness, engage in collective readings, and deepen into embodied reflection. This is an invitation to practice living into our truths with courage, and to inquire into how we are evolving—with intention.

This trauma-informed workshop welcomes all bodies, by donation (all proceed will got to Palestinian Children Relief Fund and is facilitated by Amélie Gaulier.

RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/27K3BzV8whYBGQe3zeFB?c=qpV7RZUD

Where: at the beautiful Held Space Studio - 960 Manhattan Ave (4th floor), Greenpoint, NY, 11222.

This series of workshops builds on a previous collaboration with activist Em Taliana, who coined the term Journaling as Resistance. The practice has since evolved through single and co-facilitations with Mylage Negga and with Sy Lammer. It began at STORM, a SWANA bookstore founded by Nour Sabbagh in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. After STORM’s physical location closed in June, the series continued at Sunview Luncheonette, hosted by Sy Lammer, and is now held at Held Space, a collective fostering creativity, community, and care in Greenpoint.

Visual: courtesy of the artist @ Yana Dimitrova