tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46874904282315823592024-03-12T00:50:22.259-04:00Philadelphia Theatre of the OppressedT.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-87993875010058171022022-06-01T00:00:00.000-04:002022-06-01T11:25:38.738-04:00About T.O. Philly<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_xus5w5U92fA-HZVqE8juwBnRAPhCZLfg8fyHhKI6LWFcObvAzmTzhxIKH9iXfZZAj_7uL9LZDcUCKT-UvL_gR7EgF9f1xOIBCbBdmbGgz8e7BJSpP70Tjr8uCj5b2Om-tAF6CI8rg22/s1600/TO+Fist+Logo+3" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447299881987282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_xus5w5U92fA-HZVqE8juwBnRAPhCZLfg8fyHhKI6LWFcObvAzmTzhxIKH9iXfZZAj_7uL9LZDcUCKT-UvL_gR7EgF9f1xOIBCbBdmbGgz8e7BJSpP70Tjr8uCj5b2Om-tAF6CI8rg22/s400/TO+Fist+Logo+3" style="cursor: move; float: right; height: 296px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed</b><b> (T.O. Philly)</b> is a network of people using the tools of theatre and popular education to dismantle oppression. Much of the work we do is based on the writings and teachings of the late <a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2009/05/augusto-boal-19312009.html">Augusto Boal</a>, who developed the Theatre of the Oppressed in Brazil over 40 years ago. We also draw upon other theatre games and movement traditions, as well as models of popular education like those put forth by <a href="http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~stevens/critped/freire.htm">Paolo Freire</a> in his book, <i><a href="http://www.pedagogyoftheoppressed.com/">Pedagogy of the Oppressed</a>.</i></div>
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<b>T.O. Philly offers </b>public workshops that individuals and groups can come to. We also work for organizations and institutions. We can tailor a workshop to whatever your group needs. You can see who we've worked with and what we've got coming up on this website's sidebar. Below are a few curricula that we regularly run. To bring a workshop to you, email "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" or call 267-282-1057.</div>
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Theatre of the Oppressed<br />Intro, Intermediate & Advanced Workshops</h3>
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We offer everything from single 90-minute sessions, to weekly classes and full day, weekend, or week-long retreats that cover the history, theory, and practice of Theatre of the Oppressed games, techniques, and traditions. These workshops cover the trunk of the Theatre of the Oppressed tree, with human sculpture-driven Image Theatre as a base for the interactive performances of Forum Theatre for which Theatre of the Oppressed is internationally known.<br />
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Whether you just want to play games or learn some games that you can play with others, we can do that! T.O. Philly has hundreds of games for groups of any size or age range that get us out of our heads and into our bodies, build trust and a cooperative spirit, and get at issues of social justice. Whether it's just for one or two hours, or one or two days, let the games begin!</div>
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Many of Theatre of the Oppressed's games and techniques "dynamize the senses" by working in silence or darkness or with limited mobility. Since 2012, we've been using these techniques to address issues of ability and disability. In 2015 T.O. Philly supported work on <a href="http://www.themediums.org/cones">a play about vision loss and dis/ability passing</a> with a series of sessions called Blind Games. In 2016 we expanded some of those ideas into a broader workshop called Unpacking Ability. Facilitated by people on the dis/ability spectrum, these themes can run deep in just a couple hours.<br />
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Workshopping Gender</h3>
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As our public discourse around gender and sexuality continues to change, the occasional workshop can help members of an organization or institution get on the same page. We offer everything from a "Gender 101" to more intensive sessions for groups ready to delve deeper into gender dynamics.<br />
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In 2013 we rolled out a curriculum all about race and undoing racism. We offer a short workshop called "Engaging Courageous Conversations on Race" that gives the basics. The "Unpacking Race" module can be a multi-part workshop series, weekend retreat, or something that a group does over the course of many months. We also offer workshops on undoing racism specifically for people of color and/or white allies, including a session that identifies White Fragility.<br />
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Theaatre of the Oppressed is a also a tool for organizations interested in improving communication, colllaboration, workplace environment, and for better fullfillment of a group's mission and vision.<br />
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The Cop in the Head and the Rainbow of Desire represent the introspective branch of Theatre of the Oppressed with roots in psychological and internalized forms of oppression. We can offer these sessions as performance demonstrations, with audience members volunteering to step up onstage to be in a scene. We also run Cop/Rainbow as one-day or two-day intensives. These techniques are really meant to be done on an ongoing basis as they are about a group coming together to collectively disarm the cops in our heads and sort out a spectrum of sometimes conflicting desires so that we have more tools for contending with ourselves in everyday life.<br />
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To book any of the above workshops (or others not on the list) email "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" or leave a message at 267-282-1057 and someone will get back to you shortly.</div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-71556863783840294342018-08-12T09:08:00.003-04:002022-06-01T11:19:58.044-04:00Blind Games Are Back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeo0nJp-z1hOZsKPgDDYi7qfsa_qygyYpXjdvJfZ_sl6vgEIrrfmrYUVorzSP6X0hDQg8-zypgu5V1fkTTY6nUPRD64B3Crd03a729sHzk-7vBZBMBci0BkgrqCDQJTiDgOz8YSYKQxYW/s1600/Blind+Games+Graphic.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="865" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeo0nJp-z1hOZsKPgDDYi7qfsa_qygyYpXjdvJfZ_sl6vgEIrrfmrYUVorzSP6X0hDQg8-zypgu5V1fkTTY6nUPRD64B3Crd03a729sHzk-7vBZBMBci0BkgrqCDQJTiDgOz8YSYKQxYW/s320/Blind+Games+Graphic.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BhEzTEvRPj9hOCIevxTRh7EqlgWiFG1FsfFrlZDj97SCyWZbKQnKIwKABLLjwzj4AX1618KE4oJcKqKWCHqfL-ZaLB6Woj_wXf7Gv_v0Dld7md84Rfw-uunx0CQD56lHwSY5NjLttLL5/s1600/kinematic+logo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="721" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BhEzTEvRPj9hOCIevxTRh7EqlgWiFG1FsfFrlZDj97SCyWZbKQnKIwKABLLjwzj4AX1618KE4oJcKqKWCHqfL-ZaLB6Woj_wXf7Gv_v0Dld7md84Rfw-uunx0CQD56lHwSY5NjLttLL5/s320/kinematic+logo.jpg" width="317" /></a><b>A Free Kinematic Workshop</b><br />
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<b>Blind Games</b> is a collaborative movement workshop in which participants spend lots of time with their eyes closed. As a visually impaired facilitator, Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews plays Blind Games to stir up conversations about dis/ability and the malleable nature of power in society, ultimately supplanting tragedy with humor. Anyone willing to stumble around blindly is welcome to this workshop.<br />
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This edition of Blind Games is part of Headlong's Kinematic Workshop, a series of movement-based classes hosted on the Icebox's new Marley dance floor. In addition to these facilitated events, Icebox is inviting community members to use the floor for dancing, playing, researching, relaxing, meditating, and practicing. Public use is free of charge.<br />
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See the full roster of Kinematic Workshops <a href="http://iceboxprojectspace.com/2018/08/09/kinematic-workshop/" target="_blank">here</a>, and register for blind games <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-games-with-morgan-fitzpatrick-andrews-tickets-48738908387" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
</div>T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-24919510680086586032017-10-25T11:32:00.001-04:002022-06-01T11:28:00.970-04:00Unpacking Race • Fall 2017 Workshop Series<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1996620788008593748" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 618px;">
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<b>Each session 6:30–9:00 PM</b><b style="text-align: justify;"><b>at the Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St.</b></b></div>
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<b style="font-size: 14.85px;">REGISTRATION IS CLOSED </b><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">for the Fall 2017 Unpacking Race Series</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> To inquire about or book a future series, email</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4;"> "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com" style="color: #009900; text-decoration-line: none;">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" or leave a message at 267-282-1057. </span></div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-45869181007418575682017-10-16T11:43:00.003-04:002022-06-01T12:33:29.365-04:00Momentary Monuments: an introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Tuesday • October 24, 2017 • 7–9PM</b><br />
<b>at the Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St.</b><br />
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All monuments have a lifespan. People create them with a purpose and an agenda, and inevitably each will disappear. Many change during their existence, either due to exposure to the elements or through further human intervention. And these monuments also mark changes in us as individuals, societies and nations.<br />
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Theatre of the Oppressed is built on games and techniques that make theatrical monuments (called "images") out of living actors. Unlike wood or stone or bronze, actors are immediately adjustable, meaning that we can make and change and dismantle our monuments in an instant. In this workshop, everyone will play both sculptor and sculpture as we make and remake the monuments we see—and would like to see—in this very moment.<br />
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This workshop is free and open to all. While it serves as an introduction to the theory and practice of Theatre of the Oppressed, people with more experience in T.O. will get a lot out of it. T.O. Philly will also be accepting donations to support our sliding-scale and scholarship fund. Contact "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" for more info.<br />
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<i>The photo above is of a monument to Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay. After the people ousted the dictator in 1989, artist Carlos Colombino proposed that the statue appear as if crushed between two giant concrete blocks. Here's a radio piece about it, produced by <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-18/heres-what-paraguayans-did-statue-commemorating-longtime-dictator" target="_blank">PRI's </a></i><a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-18/heres-what-paraguayans-did-statue-commemorating-longtime-dictator" target="_blank">The World</a><i>:</i><br />
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T.O. Philly kicks off its fall 2017 program with a pair of free sessions open to anyone with or without experience working in Theatre of the Oppressed. Each workshop will incorporate T.O.'s embodied ice-breakers and theatrical games that are used by actors, activists, educators, organizers, and anyone else who works with groups. These games hone skills that we then combine to do the deeper work of Theatre of the Oppressed in rehearsing strategies for a new society.</div>
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<div>Our October 10 session is a workshop about <b>contradictions</b> and how they relate to <b>community organizing</b>. In our October 24 session, participants will make <b>momentary</b> <b>monuments</b> as a gateway for discussing what public monuments represent today, and what they could become tomorrow. </div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-43637826155683586842017-08-23T09:30:00.001-04:002022-06-01T11:31:36.196-04:00OCCUPY THE GALLERY: a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop about moments and monuments <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1-Kwdm6OTyL3chHK-9BqHLGGaPluadRU5xQmZzeEUj_ccyCnXNT4vIDMqMBmanwj9tvZS8GYr7T-MV-AadZVTs9ifLAGQSgrF5m3xIqJ2-G-RnRFuXK5zuedqSvTXCEkwcmtT-PLPdFy/s1600/Occupy+the+Gallery.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1-Kwdm6OTyL3chHK-9BqHLGGaPluadRU5xQmZzeEUj_ccyCnXNT4vIDMqMBmanwj9tvZS8GYr7T-MV-AadZVTs9ifLAGQSgrF5m3xIqJ2-G-RnRFuXK5zuedqSvTXCEkwcmtT-PLPdFy/s320/Occupy+the+Gallery.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Saturday, Sept 23, 2017</b><br />
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<b>Part of <i><a href="http://moore.edu/the-galleries-at-moore/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/bodyworks" target="_blank">Bodyworks</a></i></b><br />
<b>at Moore College of Art</b><br />
<b>20th Street and The Parkway</b><br />
<b>FREE—<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-theatre-of-the-oppressed-occupy-the-gallery-tickets-36657440391?invite=&err=29&referrer=&discount=&affiliate=&eventpassword=" target="_blank">Click here to register</a></b><br />
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The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design present <b><i><a href="http://moore.edu/the-galleries-at-moore/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/bodyworks" target="_blank">Bodyworks</a></i></b>, a festival of performances, workshops and collaborative projects that examine the body as both material and tool in contemporary performance. Incorporating practices of dance, theatre, costume and sound, this exhibition brings together a diverse group of Philadelphia artists who use their bodies to engage viewers with their craft and create new spaces for social action, dialogue and representation. <br />
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As part of <i><b>Bodyworks</b></i>, T.O. Philly offers <b>Occupy the Gallery</b>, a public workshop that bridges the disciplines of visual and performance art through politics and improvisation. This workshop will shine a spotlight on the history and current dialogue around <b>monuments</b>, what they mean, why they're here, and how people interact with them locally, nationally, and globally. This workshop is free and open to all. Registration is not required, but we'd like a sense of how many people are coming. You can help with that by registering <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-theatre-of-the-oppressed-occupy-the-gallery-tickets-36657440391?invite=&err=29&referrer=&discount=&affiliate=&eventpassword=" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<i><b>Bodyworks</b></i> is presented in conjunction with CraftNow, a citywide exhibition examining the fluid boundaries that exist between, among and surrounding varying practices in art, design and craft. Moore's Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia will transform into a multi-use performance space with a robust calendar of performances and community events—<a href="http://moore.edu/the-galleries-at-moore/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/bodyworks" target="_blank">Click here to see the full roster</a>.<br />
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-56862413294441132632017-08-06T12:43:00.001-04:002022-06-01T11:32:28.136-04:00BORDERLANDS: A Forum Theatre Event with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdeKUgHmVChX4cz9dxIBC09WCsh57KjZeS8UOrLKXDJ8EvbeVJGWxOOETNRYMnCZKqe7z1Wp1rJDYTFH_dUa1fXmgZOB00JbmSxCenMK7oAx7gEkLgPfk7d71xIyvqG6xhlYBCO38r_DI/s1600/Borderlands-+%25282%2529.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="528" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdeKUgHmVChX4cz9dxIBC09WCsh57KjZeS8UOrLKXDJ8EvbeVJGWxOOETNRYMnCZKqe7z1Wp1rJDYTFH_dUa1fXmgZOB00JbmSxCenMK7oAx7gEkLgPfk7d71xIyvqG6xhlYBCO38r_DI/s320/Borderlands-+%25282%2529.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjFMn2buukIsvPuI7xhcIG0KA5_elu_1AsJ4YubmPBn_GLgZxeJbBOyoWooawFEr3Iiilw-P3tpPLoHKjCbH_Jn2CUq20pVZp7I0_Svr8UZK5Okq2VkUUt8PoiVcIyF6KW7Yz6jfUHA9p/s1600/AAI+Logo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjFMn2buukIsvPuI7xhcIG0KA5_elu_1AsJ4YubmPBn_GLgZxeJbBOyoWooawFEr3Iiilw-P3tpPLoHKjCbH_Jn2CUq20pVZp7I0_Svr8UZK5Okq2VkUUt8PoiVcIyF6KW7Yz6jfUHA9p/s320/AAI+Logo.png" width="264" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT5AYd0Z7uvVaVWxTlA5nKckyXBeBz00RhEARuaC7bK9Rgnv3-DD-aRLBklzLju6JUcCBk3hI7B5amPfGUS0BeRQ7TsySKUIJWgcbTpxJsdcBQCmNgWYl267upoT17hZ5DAO-_WPl5R1F/s1600/Syudio+34+logo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="74" data-original-width="300" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT5AYd0Z7uvVaVWxTlA5nKckyXBeBz00RhEARuaC7bK9Rgnv3-DD-aRLBklzLju6JUcCBk3hI7B5amPfGUS0BeRQ7TsySKUIJWgcbTpxJsdcBQCmNgWYl267upoT17hZ5DAO-_WPl5R1F/s320/Syudio+34+logo.png" width="250" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RM4I3L6FQZINHKlDKhh9NUADlpRfhcW14QI0l9tb3259PGZLuX5bjybVUQEiHJmd0q5dLU7W_0H5XXKQLlAwCjgGJhT3I-WeU6I3iIv5-TavgL_J_rxyO4qejAijNEh_kNXiHSz2qEyo/s1600/Fringe+Fest+logp+2017.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RM4I3L6FQZINHKlDKhh9NUADlpRfhcW14QI0l9tb3259PGZLuX5bjybVUQEiHJmd0q5dLU7W_0H5XXKQLlAwCjgGJhT3I-WeU6I3iIv5-TavgL_J_rxyO4qejAijNEh_kNXiHSz2qEyo/s200/Fringe+Fest+logp+2017.jpg" width="250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>TWO FREE SHOWS • TWO LOCATIONS</b></span></i><br />
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<b>1219 Vine St. Philadelphia</b><br />
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<b>Studio 34 • 4522 Baltimore Ave.</b><br />
<b>7:30 PM show • Free</b><br />
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</b></div><div><i>“<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing...I will have my serpent's tongue--my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.</span></span>” — Gloria Anzaldúa</i><br />
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Come break the fourth wall as Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed explores the personal journeys of immigration and homecoming from prison. Devised and performed by formerly incarcerated Philly women who have reentered society, <b>Borderlands</b> is a live Forum Theatre event where we blur the boundaries between spectator and actor.<br />
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<div>Created and performed by Bambi Friday, Crystal Walker, <span style="text-align: center;">Hariprasad Kowtha, Kilo Martin, Natasha Cohen-Carroll, Christian Hayden and Paloma Irizarry, </span><b style="text-align: center;">Borderlands </b><span style="text-align: center;">has two performances in two locations: September 8th's show </span><span style="text-align: center;">takes place in the theatre at Asian Arts Initiative and will be preceded by </span><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://asianartsinitiative.org/event/hurry-up-and-wait-opening-reception" target="_blank">Hurry Up and Wait</a>,</b><span style="text-align: center;"> a multi-artist show about migration in AAI's gallery with work by Pritha Bhattacharyya, Sanjana Bijlani, Melissa Chen, Yujane Chen, Maria Dumlao, Monica Kane, Caroline Key, Ahree Lee, JJ Lee, Hye Yeon Nam, Jermaine Ollivierre, Keven Quach, Yumi Janairo Roth, Rea Christina Sampilo, Catzie Vilayphonh, and curated by Adriel Luis. September 15th's show will be at Studio 34 in West Philly.</span></div><br />
<i>Note: Some tickets are available at the door although Fringe Arts' website says that the event is "sold out."</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">photo credit: Natasha Cohen-Carroll</span><br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.broadstreetreview.com/wnwnmuseums/philly-fringe-2017-philadelphia-theatre-of-the-oppressed-borderlands#" target="_blank">"Finding Freedom" in<i> Broad Street Review</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/107050-fringe-festival-show-highlights-womens-struggles-after-prison" target="_blank">"Fringe Festival show highlights women's struggles after prison" by <i>NewsWorks</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://thinkingdance.net/articles/2017/09/07/Women-on-the-Border-of-Freedom" target="_blank">"Women on the border of freedom" in <i>thINKing DANCE</i></a></li>
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</div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;">Based on Gloria Anzaldzúa's seminal work, </span><i style="text-align: start;">Borderland/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, </i><span style="text-align: start;">Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed is exploring the borderlands between work, home, languages, nation-states, and neighborhoods. Using the tools of Image Theatre—movement and stillness, acting and witnessing, observing and storytelling—participants will dive deeply into a study on personal boundaries and the intersections that lie in between.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Join T.O. Philly in a physical and interactive practice as we play games and create scenes designed to confront where each of us end—and where we begin.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Borderlands, Boundaries & Intersections ran for a full day on Saturday, August 4th, 2017. Those interested in booking a similar workshop can email "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" or call 267-282-1057 to leave us a message.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIto9vxiyZP3e4CrbKqmb-D1F2ywhiSSXU3IZDqOuVg3HNxh0pCCWIt7PR9FxCwgppaWWjoLl68du2RIiPkP8wHK7ZfPRuhOntvxBiMVa4GLJh-6L4Ob5PYsgnPEOMdq5YunO2Ktdq4Riv/s1600/Paloma+Jan+2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #009900; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIto9vxiyZP3e4CrbKqmb-D1F2ywhiSSXU3IZDqOuVg3HNxh0pCCWIt7PR9FxCwgppaWWjoLl68du2RIiPkP8wHK7ZfPRuhOntvxBiMVa4GLJh-6L4Ob5PYsgnPEOMdq5YunO2Ktdq4Riv/s200/Paloma+Jan+2016.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="100" /></a><div id="m_-5518288543029536022AppleMailSignature" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;"><b>Paloma Irizarry</b> is a Philly-based theatre artist whose work invites audiences to explore the elements of her identity that confound her the most. Recent creations include <i>I See You See Me,</i> a performance looking at the intersections and contradictions between objectification and sexual empowerment, and an interactive installation for <i>One Way Red</i> with the Medium Theatre Company. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;">Her work for T.O. Philly comprises facilitation and curriculum design for Unpacking Race as well as the co-creation of Borderlands. Paloma will also co-direct our upcoming Forum Theatre project about migration for the Philly Fringe. </span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVLW_XH7J2DSANgv70tVjQRp-ITBuGNnQQBenvokAVaCnUZRXFD2J9piOTck0nLaegnAoZJwHyupE8lqZUCHWLGMAhUgYUg9CWFQ2u2RzSBuQxdGoATZ9w5zZAs2bXFJhCFgGIZfEYMuE/s1600/Hariprasad+Jan+2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #009900; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVLW_XH7J2DSANgv70tVjQRp-ITBuGNnQQBenvokAVaCnUZRXFD2J9piOTck0nLaegnAoZJwHyupE8lqZUCHWLGMAhUgYUg9CWFQ2u2RzSBuQxdGoATZ9w5zZAs2bXFJhCFgGIZfEYMuE/s200/Hariprasad+Jan+2016.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="100" /></span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Hariprasad Kowtha</b> has dedicated his life to performance as a vector of identity and resistance. He sang bhajans with the South Asian community in Phoenix, Arizona, practiced Carnatic vocals and performed Bharathanatyam. He began practicing large and small group facilitation skills in early high school through the Unitown/Anytown camp program. He currently teaches yoga, meditation and movement at the Ahimsa House and at the Global Leadership Academy Charter School. He joined T.O. Philly for Image Theatre in 2014 and continued facilitating the Unpacking Race series in 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(No one ever turned away for lack of funds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Teachers, trainers, facilitators, organizers and educators of every sort are invited to come to this action-oriented think-tank with three key components: <b style="font-size: 14.85px;"><i>1.</i></b><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> Sharing and playing icebreakers and group games and strategizing how we can use them in what we do. </span><b style="font-size: 14.85px;"><i>2.</i></b><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> Reenact challenging situations that arise in our work, then use techniques from Theatre of the Oppressed to devise ways to surmount those challenges. </span><b style="font-size: 14.85px;"><i>3.</i></b><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> Delve into design and flow of whatever we do, be it a workshop, event, ongoing class, or direct action. </span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">You will leave this training with useful tools to make group work more productive and fun, as well as handy strategies for turning problems into solutions. </span></span></div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-23482067081109813692017-06-26T08:00:00.001-04:002022-06-01T11:36:12.076-04:00SAFER SPACE: a workshop to benefit Project READ<div>
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<b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The term "safe space" </b>has been scrutinized as a catchphrase of the privileged, an underpinning of political over-correctness, or as a pass to avoid uncomfortable situations. At the same time, the need for personal safety is a human right and one that all of us want for ourselves and those we care about. In this workshop we will use techniques from the Theatre of the Oppressed to unpack what "safer space" actually means and looks like.<br />
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<b>All proceeds from this workshop</b> go to benefit <a href="https://www.rol-liberia.org/projects" target="_blank">Project READ (Restoration Education Arts Development) </a>an initiative with a goal of creating safe places for girls between the ages of 12 and 18 in Liberia. Since 2014, Project READ has founded a female-run public library café, a makers' workshop space, and girls' drop-in center. In addition to cash donations, items needed for the drop-in center include: shampoo, facial cleanser, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, hand sanitizer, nail clippers, maxi pads, tampons, panty liners, underwear, body wash, pencils, pens, notebooks, crayons, colored pencils, and young adult books.</div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-48620160301785661502017-04-13T11:01:00.001-04:002022-06-01T11:39:31.118-04:00Introducing: The Listening Lounge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the spring of 2017 we kicked off the Listening Lounge, a weekly radio hangout. where we listened to some podcast material on a particular topic and then talked about it together. This pilot series focused on the racial construction of "whiteness" from an anti-racist perspective. Each week's audio carried historical and current events into a discussion on the blocks, in-roads, and action steps toward dismantling racism.</div>
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Look for more Listening Lounges soon. And let us know if you're listening to what we've put together here by emailing "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com."</a></div>
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<b>Week One • April 19</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-architect-of-hollywood/" target="_blank">"The Architect of Hollywood<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUn_-c8syDyPkF_aYhyphenhyphena6AziIlfgniEaejTo0ssuV8rU5BkAUhIuRAow4urwPuYlT3Z8aHKDB4SkOma5pA3aAdw83jPZBt_y33MGDfB20071bhYj2Fc1PwBqibGmhfxN1BZCEICzuTz1Rc/s1600/paul-williams-poster-600x600.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUn_-c8syDyPkF_aYhyphenhyphena6AziIlfgniEaejTo0ssuV8rU5BkAUhIuRAow4urwPuYlT3Z8aHKDB4SkOma5pA3aAdw83jPZBt_y33MGDfB20071bhYj2Fc1PwBqibGmhfxN1BZCEICzuTz1Rc/s200/paul-williams-poster-600x600.jpg" width="200" /></a>When Paul Williams was born in 1894, Los Angeles was a small downtown, surrounded by bean fields and orange groves, but it was changing and growing fast. Williams worked on all kinds of projects, including commercial and institutional ones, but he was particularly well known for his residential architecture. He designed a number of homes for Hollywood stars, including Frank Sinatra’s bachelor pad and a mansion for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The city gave Paul Williams a lot of opportunities he wouldn’t have had anywhere else in America at the time...although Williams still had to work harder than his white peers. </div>
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For much of human history, people viewed themselves as members of tribes or nations but had no notion of “race.” Today, science deems race biologically meaningless. Who invented race as we know it, and why? <i><b>*Episode features bonus commentary from Chenjerai Kumanyika. </b></i></div>
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<b><a href="http://transom.org/2017/reporting-on-whiteness/" target="_blank">(<i>Seeing White</i>, Part 1)</a></b></h3>
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The <i>How Sound</i> podcast interviews John Biewen about his <i>Seeing White </i>series for <i>Scene on Radio</i>.</div>
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Hornedjitef was a priest who died around 2,250 years ago, and he designed a coffin that, he believed, would help him navigate his way to the afterlife. Little did he know that this afterlife would be as a museum exhibit in London.</div>
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What Davey Kim did in the eighth grade, when he went to the regional level spelling bee with his best friend, might be spelled R-E-V-E-N-G-E, and also S-O-L-I-D-A-R-I-T-Y. </div>
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“All men are created equal.” Those words, from the Declaration of Independence, are central to the story that Americans tell about ourselves and our history. But what did those words mean to the man who actually wrote them? <i><b>*Episode features bonus commentary from Chenjerai Kumanyika. </b></i></div>
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<b>Week Four • May 10</b></div>
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Nathan Yungerberg was one of seven emerging black playwrights commissioned by New Black Fest to write a collection of monologues that explore the well-being of African-Americans in a culture of institutional profiling. Six of these monologues were adapted for radio by Judith Kampfner for the BBC. <b><i>* Whole piece features five more stories,</i></b><b><i> archival news clips and on-street interviews. Links:</i></b></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lhg9z" target="_blank"><b>Credits for the BBC production</b></a></li>
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When it comes to America’s racial sins, past and present, a lot of us see people in one region of the country as guiltier than the rest. Producer John Biewen speaks with some white Southern friends about that tendency. <b><i>*Episode features bonus commentary from Chenjerai Kumanyika. </i></b></div>
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Many residents of Mankato, Minnesota grow up knowing next to nothing about the town’s most important historical event: the largest mass execution in U.S. history. In this documentary, one resident goes back to Minnesota to explore what happened, and why Minnesotans didn’t talk about it afterwards.</div>
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While the Third Reich came to power in Germany and American Nazis rallied in their support all over the U.S., some Jewish Americans took antifascism into their own hands.</blockquote>
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<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-2.html" target="">WEEK 2: Courageous Conversation</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-3.html" target="">WEEK 3: Mapping Racism</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-4.html">WEEK 4: Intersectional Solidarity</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-5.html">WEEK 5: Images of Transition</a></span></b></li>
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<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-2.html" target="">WEEK 2: Courageous Conversation</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-3.html" target="">WEEK 3: Mapping Racism</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-4.html">WEEK 4: Intersectional Solidarity</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-5.html">WEEK 5: Images of Transition</a></span></b></li>
</ul></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><div class="gmail_quote" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></div></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">In Week One of our Fall 2016 Unpacking Race workshop series, we got to know each other, defined race and ethnicity and shared some of our experiences through movement and discussion. The definitions we used:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Race</b>: A social construct that artificially divides people into distinct groups based on characteristics such as physical appearance (particularly skin color), ancestral heritage, cultural affiliation or history, ethnic classification, and/or the social, economic, and political needs of a society at a given period of time. Scientists agree that there is no biological or genetic basis for racial categories.<br />
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<b>Ethnicity</b>: A social construct that divides people into social groups based on characteristics such as shared sense of group membership, values, behavioral patterns, language, political and economic interests, history, and ancestral geographical location. Members of an ethnic group are often presumed to be culturally or biologically similar, although this is not in fact necessarily the case. Examples of ethnic groups identified in the U.S. are: Cape Verdean, Haitian, African American; Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese; Cherokee, Mohawk, Navajo;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican; Nepali, Indian, Pakistani; Polish, Irish, and French.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
<b>Racial and Ethnic Identity</b>: An individual's awareness and experience of being a member of a racial and ethnic group; the racial and ethnic categories that an individual chooses to describe themselves based on such factors as genealogical or ancestral heritage, physical appearance, cultural affiliation, early socialization, and personal experience. Puerto Ricans, for example, may be racially European, African, indigenous, or various blends, yet they refer to themselves collectively as Boricuas. Despite color differences, Puerto Ricans share a culture which shapes food, language, music and customs.</span> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">These are adapted from </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin, (Routledge, 2007).</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5556px; line-height: 23.1px;"></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-4.html">WEEK 4: Intersectional Solidarity</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-5.html">WEEK 5: Images of Transition</a></span></b></li>
</ul></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><div class="gmail_quote" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></div></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">After defining race and ethnicity in </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/Unpacking%20Race%20March%202017:%20Week%202" style="font-size: small;">last week's Unpacking Race workshop</a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, we talked about racism and shared the following definitions:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1dc9a02e-fc04-b991-92f2-14dfe6c479a3"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institutional Racism</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: A system of advantage based on race and supported by institutional structures, policies and practices that create and sustain advantages for the dominant white group while systematically subordinating members of targeted racial groups. This relative advantage for Whites and subordination for people of color is supported by the actions of individuals, cultural norms, and values, and the institutional structures and practices of society.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1dc9a02e-fc04-b991-92f2-14dfe6c479a3"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Individual Racism</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The beliefs, attitudes, and actions of individuals that support or perpetuate institutional racism. Individual racism can occur at both unconscious and conscious levels, and can be both active and passive. Examples include telling a racist joke, using a racial epithet, or believing in the inherent superiority of Whites.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1dc9a02e-fc04-b991-92f2-14dfe6c479a3"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Active Racism</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Actions that have as their stated or explicit goal the maintenance of the system of racism and the oppression of those in targeted racial groups. People who participate in active racism advocate the continued subjugation of members of targeted groups and protection of “the rights” of members of the advantaged group. These goals are often supported by a belief in the inferiority of people of color and the superiority of white people, culture, and values.</span></span> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1dc9a02e-fc04-b991-92f2-14dfe6c479a3"><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Passive Racism</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">: Conscious and unconscious beliefs, attitudes, and actions that support the system of racism, racial prejudice, and racial dominance and contribute to the maintenance of racism, without openly advocating violence, discrimination, or an ideology of white supremacy.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; font-style: italic;">These terms are from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> <i>by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin, (Routledge, 2007).</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. HEAR</b> <a href="http://gomag.com/article/important-speech-womens-march/">Ericka Hart's speech from the Philadelphia Women's March</a>. <i>GO Magazine </i>describes Hart as, "a Black femme, breast cancer survivor and sex educator who spoke about who this march was for and how we can all learn to create more intersectionality in our feminist movements." <b>Be sure to read the first paragraph of the transcript, as it didn't make it onto the audio <a href="http://gomag.com/article/important-speech-womens-march/">here</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. GIVE A LISTEN </b>to this first part of the "Who Is This Restaurant For?" radio series, in which journalists Kat Chow and Dan Pashman discuss race, food, and neighborhood socioeconomics with proprietors and customers at three Washington DC restaurants:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<b>5. DRAW AN INTERSECTIONAL MAP</b> in your race journal. When you notice something in your life that relates to race, plot it on the map, and then write about it. You can plot things as they occur and then write a little about each, or choose a few incidents to expand upon more extensively. What does placing a situation on this map reveal? What's left out? What would you add or change to the structure of this map? No matter how you do it or how often, <b>add mapping to your race journal.</b><br />
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<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-2.html" target="">WEEK 2: Courageous Conversation</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-3.html" target="">WEEK 3: Mapping Racism</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-4.html">WEEK 4: Intersectional Solidarity</a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-5.html">WEEK 5: Images of Transition</a></span></b></li>
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<li><a href="https://countryqueers.com/2014/12/14/white-appalachians-need-to-speak-out-against-racism-in-our-communities/" style="font-size: x-small;" target="_blank">"Rural White Folks Need to Speak Out against Racism in our Communities"</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> written by Rachel for the website </span><i style="font-size: x-small;">Country Queers.</i></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/what-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-get-wrong-about-education/" target="_blank">"What 'White Folks Who Teach in the Hood' Get Wrong About Public Education"</a> written by and Kenya Downs for PBS,</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">In March 2017 T.O. Philly held its popular workshop series about race and undoing racism. Between sessions we posted videos, articles, radio pieces, and writing prompts for participants. These are archived here, along with a few terms and activities shared in each session:</span></b></div>
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<li><b style="font-size: 16.335px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/03/unpacking-race-march-2017-week-2.html" target="">WEEK 2: Courageous Conversation</a></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">In our fourth and final session of this season's Unpacking Race series, participants honed in on a dozen strategies for interrupting racism, defined what these strategies were, and then created a room-sized map pinpointing each strategy in relation to the others. We then put forth encounters with racism from our own experiences and moved ourselves in relation to these strategies.</span></div>
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<b>Led by Paloma Irizarry and Hariprasad Kowtha</b><br />
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<b>at the <a href="http://www.camrapenn.org/ssmf.html">Screening Scholarship Media Festival</a></b><br />
<b>in the Annenberg School for Communication</b><br />
<b>3620 Walnut Street on UPenn's campus</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Based on Gloria Anzaldzúa's seminal work, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Borderland/La Frontera: The New Mestiza,</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"> T.O. Philly explores the borderlands between nation-states, languages, neighborhoods, work and home. Using the tools of Image Theatre—movement and stillness, acting and witnessing, observing and storytelling—participants dive into a study on personal boundaries and the intersections that lie in between. </span></span><br />
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<b>at the Rotunda • 4014 Walnut Street</b><br />
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<b>with Hariprasad Kowtha,</b><br />
<b>Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews</b><br />
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<b><i>*Follow-up showing on April 3</i></b><br />
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<i>“<b>White Fragility</b> is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation.” </i></div>
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For two evenings in February 2017 two dozen people joined Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed's first public workshop on White Fragility. In part one, popular education and theatre games built group solidarity before chipping away at the iceberg of whiteness—that which we see manifests as <b>white<i> fragility</i></b>, white beneath the surface lie dense systems of <b>white</b> <i><b>supremacy</b></i>. We shared Robin DiAngelo's definition (above) before unpacking ten manifestations of white fragility through discussion and Image Theatre:<br />
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<li><b>White Objectivity</b>: Belief suggesting that a white person’s viewpoint is objective; that it does not come from a racialized frame of reference</li>
<li><b>White Racial Comfort/White Racial Expectations</b>: Expectation that People of Color protect white racial perspectives/white racial feelings</li>
<li><b>White Racial Codes</b>: Belief that People of Color may not talk directly about their racial perspective; they may only talk about it vis-a-vis whiteness</li>
<li><b>White Solidarity</b>: Belief and Experience that fellow whites will agree to one’s racial perspective and racialized interpretations.</li>
<li><b>White Appropriation and Colonialism</b>: Belief that People of Color will tell whites their stories or answer questions about their racial experiences when asked. </li>
<li><b>White Liberalism</b>: Inability for whites to receive feedback that their well-intentioned behavior had a racist impact.</li>
<li><b>Individualism</b>: Belief that white people do not belong to a racial group</li>
<li><b>Meritocracy</b>: Belief that hard work alone is responsible for one’s success or one’s wealth and that racial inequality can be overcome through hard work. </li>
<li><b>White Authority</b>: Belief that whites alone should occupy positions of leadership</li>
<li><b>White Centrality</b>: Belief that stories are automatically about white characters when characters’ skin color is not mentioned and People of Color play stereotypical roles within these stories, but do not drive the action</li>
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In part two we flipped over the coin of white fragility to unpack forms of <b>internalized oppression</b> that sometimes uphold white supremacy. We used this working definition:<br />
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The group then created the beginnings of little vignettes that made the invisible visible (and sometimes even comical) as tools for interrupting and dismantling racism. T.O. Philly will be condensing these into a short overview of things generated from this workshop as part of Scratch Night on April 3 at FringeArts, 140 Columbus Boulevard. This event is free. <a href="http://fringearts.com/programs/scratch-night/">See FringeArts' website for more info</a>.</div>
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White Fragility is an ideal companion to our Unpacking Race series, both for people who will be joining T.O. Philly for <a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2017/02/unpacking-race-march-2017.html" target="_blank">Unpacking Race in March</a>, as well as those who have Unpacked Race with us in the past. Part of our White Fragility workshop was filmed to document the ongoing work of Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed. </div>
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<b>A 2-Day Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop</b><br />
<b>with Paloma Irizarry & Hariprasad Kowtha</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">WHEN</span>: Feb 4 & 5, 2017 • 10AM-4PM each day</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">WHERE</span>: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Whole+Shebang/@39.92697,-75.1656944,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6c605028edc55:0x3ee75bb969fea420!8m2!3d39.92697!4d-75.1635057">The Whole Shebang</a> • <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Whole+Shebang/@39.92697,-75.1656944,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6c605028edc55:0x3ee75bb969fea420!8m2!3d39.92697!4d-75.1635057">1813 S 11th St.</a></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">TUITION</span>: $40-$120, sliding scale</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">PRE-REGISTER</span> via "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>"</b></div>
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Did you have a wall or a fence around your home when you were growing up? If so, who built it? Who or what was the fence meant to protect? Who did the fence keep out? How easy was it to get onto the other side of the fence? What obstacles did you face when trying to pass through?<br />
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Based on Gloria Anzaldzúa's seminal work, <i>Borderland/La Frontera: The New Mestiza,</i> Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed is exploring the borderlands between nation-states, the borderlands between languages, the borderlands between neighborhoods and the borderlands between work and home. Using the tools of Image Theatre: movement and stillness, acting and witnessing, observing and storytelling, participants will dive deeply into a study on personal boundaries and the intersections that lie in between.<br />
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Join T.O. Philly in a physical and interactive practice as we play games, practice exercises and create scenes designed to confront where each of us end—and where we begin.<br />
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Borderlands, Boundaries & Intersections runs a total of two weekend days from 10AM to 4PM, including an hour break for lunch. A small vegan and gluten free meal will be provided during the break. Dress comfortably for movement and warmth. . Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated. To pre-register, email "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 267-282-1057. <a href="http://www.thewholeshebangphilly.com/take-classes/borderlands-boundaries-intersections-a-philadelphia-theatre-of-the-oppressed-workshop">Click her to pay online</a>. All experiences welcome.<br />
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<b>The Whole Shebang</b> is located at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Whole+Shebang/@39.92697,-75.1656944,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6c605028edc55:0x3ee75bb969fea420!8m2!3d39.92697!4d-75.1635057">11th and Moore Streets</a>. Enter through the parking lot and look for the door on the right.<br />
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<b>Extras: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/601204940077563/">Click here for articles, videos, and podcast pieces that we've been posting on the event's Facebook page, all related the idea of Borderlands.</a></b><br />T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-38731064609963696592016-11-18T09:37:00.000-05:002016-11-18T09:50:43.647-05:00RIFTS: A Workshop About What Divides Us & What Unites Us<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy8yH7w8bMMCCl1KnkUoLTU8zu_gQQ6TcK9bEiEBilJnmwW3GD3WNTiNq_1r4Ej3ncOMg-6Om_KG55rUlO3Fyiho5P0gmvncWZIDAIx8HqcbtdEGbkmlop5DepZxECpVQTDxCL7kBMIDo/s1600/Rift+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy8yH7w8bMMCCl1KnkUoLTU8zu_gQQ6TcK9bEiEBilJnmwW3GD3WNTiNq_1r4Ej3ncOMg-6Om_KG55rUlO3Fyiho5P0gmvncWZIDAIx8HqcbtdEGbkmlop5DepZxECpVQTDxCL7kBMIDo/s320/Rift+2.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Saturday December 10 </b><br />
<b>11am-4pm (includes lunch break)</b><br />
<b>at the Children's Community School</b><br />
<b>1212 S. 47th Street, West Philadelphia</b><br />
<b>facilitated by Morgan Andrews</b><br />
<b>FREE—Contact </b><b>“<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>” </b><br />
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T.O. Philly presents RIFTS, a one-day workshop about social and political differences that cause schisms between people. Sometimes fueled by age, class, dis/ability, education, employment status, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, religion, sexuality, or whatever is happening in the world, these rifts can manifest in ways that affect each of us deeply, both cerebrally and tangibly. Whether it's ongoing dynamics within a relationship, heated talk with family around the dinner table, or polarized viewpoints that divide a nation, the roots of these rifts have much in common. In this workshop we'll physicalize our experiences by using the language of theatre to dig up these roots in order to build the world we want.<br />
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In the morning session, we'll build our skills as a group by playing theatre games, getting to know each other, and opening up this topic of conversation. After lunch, we'll go deeper by unpacking specific stories, reconstructing them onstage, and then reconfiguring them into what we wish they could be. Our aim is to leave with some tools for tackling these issues in everyday life.<br />
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This workshop is FREE and runs from 11am till 4pm with a one-hour break for lunch around 12:30. No prior theatre experience is necessary, all life experiences welcome. To register, send an email to "<a href="mailto:tophilly@gmail.com">tophilly@gmail.com</a>" or leave a message at 267-282-1057.T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-8299838334773874942016-11-17T11:16:00.003-05:002022-06-01T11:43:00.924-04:00Unpacking Race Fall 2016 Week 5: Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<li><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-1-who-am-i.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 1: Who Am I?</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-2-what-is.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 2: What Is This Thing Called Racism?</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-3-what.html" style="color: #009900; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none;"><b>Week 3: What Are Microaggressions?</b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-4-what_9.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Week 4: What Does Solidarity Look Like?</span></b></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #009900; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;"><b><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-5because.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;">Week 5: Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine</a></b></span></li>
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In our final Unpacking Race session we combined all of our theatrical tools to make scenes highlighting instances of oppression that intersected race with education, class, health care, and other social strata. To build these scenes, we worked with a scale of archetypes that play various roles onstage and off:</div>
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-54431502543775558362016-11-09T15:17:00.001-05:002016-11-19T09:05:29.817-05:00Unpacking Race Fall 2016 Week 4: What Does Solidarity Look Like?<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-1-who-am-i.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 1: Who Am I?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-2-what-is.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 2: What Is This Thing Called Racism?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-3-what.html" style="color: #009900; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none;"><b>Week 3: What Are Microaggressions?</b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-4-what_9.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Week 4: What Does Solidarity Look Like?</span></b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #009900; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;"><b><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-5because.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;">Week 5: Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine</a></b></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Right after last week's session, a majority of U.S. voters elected a president who ran his campaign on several racist platforms. As we move into our final session together, we reflect on lessons learned from other recent incidents of mass racism.</span></span><br />
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-37062778554172217232016-11-02T09:10:00.001-04:002016-11-17T11:48:32.904-05:00Unpacking Race Fall 2016 Week 3: What Are Microaggressions?<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlAFteHJlbpqz_GVpBha0cE987Pt0T-5aPQpPOUzA7hvdFEux25tx5S1DZi4XnmXx-HG-3xGMZtxP60lc-awnhP3G822VMrfWcxcRItDq3kjI86NnjbUV7V9ccDNDJC2D2CEpQCjjE3X6/s1600/Unpacking+Race+Week+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlAFteHJlbpqz_GVpBha0cE987Pt0T-5aPQpPOUzA7hvdFEux25tx5S1DZi4XnmXx-HG-3xGMZtxP60lc-awnhP3G822VMrfWcxcRItDq3kjI86NnjbUV7V9ccDNDJC2D2CEpQCjjE3X6/s320/Unpacking+Race+Week+3.jpg" /></a><b>In the Fall of 2016, T.O. Philly hosted a workshop series on race and undoing racism. Each week we posted material here for folks both in and outside of the workshop to use. Links:</b></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-1-who-am-i.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 1: Who Am I?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-2-what-is.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 2: What Is This Thing Called Racism?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-3-what.html" style="color: #009900; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none;"><b>Week 3: What Are Microaggressions?</b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-4-what_9.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Week 4: What Does Solidarity Look Like?</span></b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-5because.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;">Week 5: Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine</a></b></span></li>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 23.1px; text-align: justify;">This week instead of meeting as a whole group, we buddied up and had a couple of check-ins with that buddy about our race journals and last week's videos and essays. This week we have another short video and chart detailing different sorts of racial microaggressions. First, some definitions:</span><br />
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T.O.Phillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918698840780228728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687490428231582359.post-30894307375975793672016-10-25T10:19:00.000-04:002016-11-17T11:49:23.564-05:00Unpacking Race Fall 2016 Week 2: What Is This Thing Called Racism?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>In the Fall of 2016, T.O. Philly hosted a workshop series on race and undoing racism. Each week we posted material here for folks both in and outside of the workshop to use. Links:</b></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-1-who-am-i.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 1: Who Am I?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/10/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-2-what-is.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Week 2: What Is This Thing Called Racism?</b></span></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-3-what.html" style="color: #009900; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none;"><b>Week 3: What Are Microaggressions?</b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-4-what_9.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Week 4: What Does Solidarity Look Like?</span></b></a></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><a href="http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com/2016/11/unpacking-race-fall-2016-week-5because.html" style="color: #009900; text-decoration: none;">Week 5: Because Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine</a></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.5556px;"><b>2B. </b>Peggy McIntosh's seminal essay, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." <a href="http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jscully/Race/documents/whiteprivilege.pdf">This PDF</a> is the original version from the 1980s, and it touches on a lot of what we've discussed so far. It also contains a list of privileges, which McIntosh continued to add to, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRnoddGTMTY">this short video</a> features her expanded list.</span></li>
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