“Unmapped Constellations: Using Science Fiction to Plot Anti-Fascist Futures” is a dynamic 45-minute workshop that invites participants to harness speculative fiction as a tool for collective liberation and healing. Beginning with a framing lecture, we examine how stories become blueprints for power and can be composted to seed new, anti-fascist imaginaries. With group conversations and interactive activities, participants rewrite dystopian scenarios into brief, liberatory futures and identify real-world policy or cultural shifts. The session culminates in a commitment ritual, transforming collective imagination into actionable pledges that extend the anti-fascist work beyond the room.

Maya-Gawonii will be delivering this lecture at UC Berkeley for the Freedom Community Clinic’s 2025 Healing to the People Summit event.

“The Healing to the People Summit Convening aims to uplift dialogue and bridge collaborations across sectors working towards community healing. We are excited to host and present this multi-day convening that invites Individuals and collectives committed to any aspect of whole-person healing across intersections and disciplines.

The HTTP Summit aims to be a critical space bringing together leaders from on-the-ground organizations, academia, medical and health professional schools, health systems, Indigenous leaders, complementary and alternative medicine practitioners and schools, food justice, artists, mutual aid groups, and more.”

To register to attend this event, click here: https://givebutter.com/FCCHTTP

How do we raise children who are not just ready for the world, but ready to transform it?

Raising Revolutionaries is a 2.5-hour interactive workshop for parents, caregivers, educators, and community members committed to raising justice-minded kids as comrades in liberation. We will have one, 10 min break. Drawing from global movements, feminist parenting practices, and everyday acts of resistance, we’ll explore how to nurture children’s moral agency, leadership, and capacity for empathy.

Through full-group discussions, breakout room conversations, guided journaling, and a hands-on activity where you’ll create your own Personal Bill of Rights for Your Child, this workshop will leave you with both inspiration and practical tools you can put into action immediately.

Together, we will:

• Reimagine children as present-day leaders, not just “future citizens”

• Reflect on the world we want our children to inherit — and our role in building it

• Explore ways to model consent, equity, and solidarity at home and in community

• Draft a Personal Bill of Rights for your child or the children in your care

• Connect with other parents and caregivers raising the next generation of changemakers

Whether you’re a parent, guardian, educator, or simply someone who cares deeply about the well-being of children, this space is for you.

What to Bring: A notebook or journal, something to write with, and an open heart.

Register here: https://forms.gle/xgGGJE4G8dqy5afd8

Disability Justice: History, Present, and Collective Action - 10 am PST - 12:30 pm PST on Zoom, 10/4/25

Join Maya-Gawonii of Cowrie Crossings for a 1.5-hour deep dive into the roots, realities, and possibilities of disability justice. This lecture will explore the historical foundations of ableism, from the violence of medical experimentation on enslaved African women to eugenics laws, the Ugly Laws, and the ongoing impact of systemic oppression. We will also examine pre-colonial understandings of disability in African and Indigenous cultures, where disabled people were honored as sacred and essential to community life.

In our journey through Disability: A History, Disability Today, and Applying This to Us, we will uncover the intersection of ableism with race, gender, and economic justice— naming the disproportionate impact on Black disabled women, queer and trans people, and those navigating poverty and state violence. Together, we will also identify tangible strategies to dismantle ableism in our own communities and workplaces, from shifting our language to building cultures of access, care, and interdependence.

This is a lecture with room for reflection, questions, and an interactive activity toward the end. Participants are encouraged to engage at their own pace and care for themselves in the ways that feel right. Whether you are new to disability justice or have been in the work for years, this space will invite you to think critically, imagine boldly, and commit to action.

Register here: https://forms.gle/dzq7xjZ9BB9Qu8VA9

Whiteness asks white-bodied people to surrender culture, connection, and embodiment in exchange for a fragile sense of safety and power. This circle is a guided ritual where white-bodied people can name and grieve those losses together—while stepping toward accountability and reparations.

What to Expect

• Embodiment practices inspired by My Grandmother’s Hands (Resmaa Menakem)

• Reflection on how white-supremacy culture wounds white people (Greg Elliot)

• Paired breakouts, whole-group sharing, and a seven-generations ancestor ritual

• Practical next steps, including treating reparations as a monthly line-item

Pre-Work:
Before the gathering, please talk with an elder—or do a quick records search—about the oldest ancestor you can trace. Write down their name or the earliest homeland you discover, and bring that to speak aloud during our ancestral roll-call. If you can’t find a name, bring the place or simply “Unknown.”

Logistics

• 📅 Date / Time: 10/5/25  5 pm PST (please convert to your time zone)

• 💻 Platform: Zoom (link emailed after registration, 2 days before circle)

• ⏳ Length: 2.5 hours (with two short bio breaks)

• 👥 Capacity: 15 spots

Agreements
This is a confidential space for white-bodied people ready to engage grief, discomfort, and responsibility. Please arrive on time, stay for the full session, and uphold our community agreements (we will discuss and co-create as a group)

Questions? Email cowriecrossings@gmail.com or leave them on this form.

I look forward to grieving—and healing—across seven generations with you.

Register here: https://forms.gle/t8mobVLh5dqrYA188

Welcome to WAILAPALOOZA: Karaoke Grief Night 🎤🔥

On Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 4–8 PM in West Oakland, we’re gathering around the fire to wail it all out together. This is not your average karaoke night—it’s a space to bring your grief, sadness, rage, heartbreak, or anything heavy on your chest, and let it move through you in song. Belt out your saddest ballads, scream your punk anthems, or howl off-key into the mic—this night is about release, not performance.

✨ Why come?
Because grief deserves sound. Because healing happens when we don’t have to carry it alone. Because wailing and singing together in community can be both cathartic and joyful.

📍 Location: West Oakland (address shared after registration; wheelchair accessible, no stairs!)
🕓 Time: 4 PM – 8 PM
🥡 Food: BYOF (bring your own food; drinks provided)
💸 Cost: NOTAFLOF (no one turned away for lack of funds; $10 donation encouraged)
🚗 Parking: Street parking only, pretty safe but carpool encouraged!

Come ready to sing, cry, scream, laugh, and release together. Let’s turn grief into noise, fire into witness, and community into medicine.

Register here: https://forms.gle/cQBs3ZCmHTvG1tQw7