BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23575@demo.gancio.org SUMMARY:Dope Black Queers: Writing Poetics DTSTAMP:20261024T083821Z DTSTART:20261024T150000Z DTEND:20261024T170000Z DESCRIPTION:Join Dope Black Queers in a Writing Poetics workshop\, explorin g Black historic\nrage\, riot\, and protest within Britain. **Please note you will need to book a\nticket for this event on Eventbrite. If you're vi ewing this page on the London\nLGBTQ+ Community Centre website\, scroll to the bottom to book.** ****Please note\nthis event is for Black LGBTQ+ com munities.**** Join Chloe Filani from Dope\nBlack Queers in a Writing Poeti cs workshop\, exploring Black historic rage\, riot\,\nand protest within B ritain. This poetry creative writing workshop will look at\nthe history of Black British protest and resistance\, gaining deeper knowledge\nand pers onalising these moments for poetic writing. Participants will be\nencourag ed to find themselves in these ideas of love\, sorrow and rage in Black\nr esistance. The workshop's reading material will include poets such as Jay\ nBernard\, June Jordan\, Pat Parker and Linton Kwesi Johnson that all touc h on\npoetry thats about Black resistance. ****Please note this event is f or Black\nLGBTQ+ communities.**** **This event is funded by the National L ottery Community\nFund.** ****About the facilitator**** Chloe Filani (she/ her) an artist\, poet\,\nand performer using the intersections of Blacknes s\, womanhood and her ancestral\nknowing. She is of Nigerian Yoruba and Es han heritage. Her work pulses with\npower\, vulnerability\, and a language that refuses to be tamed\, using poetry\,\ndance\, sound and performance. Chloe channels myth\, memory\, and personal\ncosmology. She doesn't just perform-she conjures. Her voice becomes invocation\,\nher words fracture s ilence and stitch new imaginaries and worlds into space. Her\npoetry has b een published in Playing femme by 16nst gallery press\, Boy brothers\nfrie nd and Montez Press\, ‘Interjection Calendar\, she has live recordings of her\npoetry on Anthems podcast and more on a vinyl recording from 180 stud ios with\nthe poetry collective Black geographies. The touching bass event at the RA\, and\nrecently performed live on radio show\, NTS Live with Ru dy savage. [Dope Black\nQueers ][1]is a community collective that sits at the intersection of Black\,\nQueer\, and Trans identity. ****Accessibility **** at the London LGBTQ+ Community\nCentre Please note that some parts of the session involve gentle movement\, which\ncan be done either sitting o r standing\, so there's no requirement to be on your\nfeet for any length of time. The Centre's accessibility statement is [here.][2]\n****Donate to the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre**** We rely on donations to\nensure th at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre can keep its doors open for years\nt o come. To donate or become a Friend of the Centre\, visit our [website.][ 3]\n[1]: https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackqueers/?hl=en [2]:\nhttps://lo ndonlgbtqcentre.org/accessibility-at-the-centre/ [3]:\nhttps://londonlgbtq centre.org/eventbritedonate\nhttps://transdimension.uk/events/499696 URL:https://demo.gancio.org/event/dope-black-queers-writing-poetics GEO:51.5083088;-0.1025268 LOCATION:60-62 Hopton Street - Blackfriars\, London\, SE1 9JH STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transdimension LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T150241Z X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join Dope Black Queers in a Writing Poetics wo rkshop, exploring Black historic rage, riot, and protest within Britain. * *Please note you will need to book a ticket for this event on
Eventbrit e. If you're viewing this page on the London LGBTQ+ Community
Centre we bsite, scroll to the bottom to book.**

****Please note this event i s for Black LGBTQ+ communities.****

Join Chloe Filani from Dope Bla ck Queers in a Writing Poetics workshop,
exploring Black historic rage, riot, and protest within Britain.

This poetry creative writing wor kshop will look at the history of Black
British protest and resistance, gaining deeper knowledge and
personalising these moments for poetic wr iting. Participants will be
encouraged to find themselves in these idea s of love, sorrow and rage in
Black resistance.

The workshop's r eading material will include poets such as Jay Bernard,
June Jordan, Pa t Parker and Linton Kwesi Johnson that all touch on
poetry thats about Black resistance.

****Please note this event is for Black LGBTQ+ co mmunities.****

**This event is funded by the National Lottery Commu nity Fund.**

****About the facilitator****

C hloe Filani (she/her) an artist,
poet, and performer using the intersections of Blackness, womanhood and
her ancestral knowi ng. She is of Nigerian Yoruba and Eshan heritage. Her
work pulses with power, vulnerability, and a language that refuses to be
tamed, using po etry, dance, sound and performance.

Chloe channels myth, memory, an d personal cosmology. She doesn't just
perform-she conjures. Her voice becomes invocation, her words fracture
silence and stitch new imaginari es and worlds into space.

Her poetry has been published in Playing femme by 16nst gallery press,
Boy brothers friend and Montez Press, ‘In terjection Calendar, she has
live recordings of her poetry on Anthems p odcast and more on a vinyl
recording from 180 studios with the poetry c ollective Black geographies.
The touching bass event at the RA, and rec ently performed live on radio
show, NTS Live with Rudy savage.

[ Dope Black Queers ][1]is a community collective that sits at the
inters ection of Black, Queer, and Trans identity.

****Accessibility**** at the London LGBTQ+ Community
Centre< br>
Please note that some parts of the session involve gentle movement,
which can be done either sitting or standing, so there's no requiremen t
to be on your feet for any length of time.

The Centre's access ibility statement is [here.][2]

****Donate to the London LGBTQ+ Com munity Centre****

We rely on donations to ensure that the London LG BTQ+ Community Centre
can keep its doors open for years to come.

To donate or become a Friend of the Centre, visit our [website.][3]


[1]: https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackqueers/?hl=en
[2]: ht tps://londonlgbtqcentre.org/accessibility-at-the-centre/
[3]: https://l ondonlgbtqcentre.org/eventbritedonate

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