Tending to Each Other: Collective Care for BIPOC Activists
About this Event
Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) have long been on the frontlines of social justice and liberation movements, with artists and creatives playing a vital role in advocating, organising, resisting, and imagining new possibilities.
With far-right protests spreading across UK cities, creatives and activists of colour in Scotland are navigating real uncertainty, fear, and backlash against themselves and their communities. This workshop is a space to pause, connect, and care for each other and ourselves. Together, we will:
- Share our experiences and challenges navigating the current UK context;
- Introduce 'Circles of Care', a framework mapping care across different domains, grounded in real case studies;
- Generate ideas, strategies, and rituals for caring for ourselves and each other, co-creating a care roadmap we can carry forward;
- Practice somatic, creative, and reflective exercises centred on care and wellbeing.
Cover photo by Ashley Lukashevsky, from , a project conceived by Mariame Kaba and coordinated by Micah Bazant.
This event is presented as part of Glasgow 2026 Festival, supported by Glasgow Life, Glasgow City Council, sportscotland, and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026.
The Venue:
The venue is wheelchair accessible. The front door measures 920mm in width. The entryway to the toilet is 870mm wide at its narrowest point, with a Doc-M pack including grab rails. For any additional access requirements, please contact [email protected].
Vegan finger food and refreshments will be served.
Your Facilitators:
Hanieh Khosroshahi (she/her) is a design consultant, researcher, and community organiser working in pursuit of people and the planet. She designs products, services, programs, and experiences using participatory, feminist, and liberatory methods, centering care, lived experience, and codesign to imagine and build just futures. She is also the co-founder of Thousand&One, a global, feminist community that supports Women of Colour to thrive in their personal and professional lives.
Links: LinkedIn | Portfolio | Thousand&One
Loa Pourmirza (she/her/hers) is a Pluralistic Therapist and Community Researcher whose work focuses on the intersections of race and diasporic identities, creativity, and bodymind health/ill-health. She is also the Founder of The Joon Project, a community initiative with the aim of supporting consciousness-raising processes centred around our collective liberation.
Links: Linked In | Website | Instagram
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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