Our Freedom Can’t Wait: A Playback Theatre Gathering For Racial Healing
Schedule
Thu Jan 23 2025 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Explora! | Albuquerque, NM
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“If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.” - Nikki GiovanniWhat if we could…
🤲🏾 Gather together in a room with beautiful food and music?
🤲🏽 Share our stories without any pressure, fear, or judgment?
🤲🏻 Connect authentically, making space for strangers to become allies?
How healing would that be?
For the second year in a row, High Desert Playback and Explora Science Center’s X Studio come together in celebration of the National Day of Racial Healing. This initiative, launched in 2017 by the W.K.Kellogg Foundation, is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.
Our Freedom Can’t Wait is a community gathering designed by theater artists, facilitators, and cultural strategists to help us speak plain and tell the truth about how individual and systemic racism has impacted us. It is our chance as New Mexicans to share openly, listen generously, and practice radical empathy.
Agenda:
5PM DINNER
Enjoy a beautiful meal catered by Three Sisters Kitchen, a non-profit community food space in the heart of downtown Albuquerque. A place where delicious, affordable, and locally produced foods come together to nourish our community from the ground up.
6PM PLAYBACK THEATRE PERFORMANCE
High Desert Playback’s multiracial, queer + trans-centered company performs your stories of harm and healing. Share times in your life when you:
Were made aware of racism in a way that you weren’t before
Stood up to racist acts or systems
Felt held and supported in the wake of experiencing racism
Although this event is for everyone in our community, we will make a particular effort to center and honor the stories of folx from historically marginalized communities.
7:30PM COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
Following the show, Lynn Johnson (Co-Founder + Executive Director of High Desert Playback) will facilitate an interactive Community Conversation allowing you to:
Reflect on the stories and themes shared in the performance
Meet and talk with other folks in the room about your experiences
Co-create our own “blueprint” for how we can continue to heal together as New Mexicans
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Where is it happening?
Explora!, 1701 Mountain Rd NW,Albuquerque, New Mexico, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
