Writing for Revolution: Writing Workshop [Online]
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Shingai Kagunda | 5-weeks | Wednesdays October 16 - November 20 (no class November 6) | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
What is the role of the artist in any given moment, caught between the historical strands of colonialism, exploitative debt systems, mass incarceration, and, in the words of bell hooks, the "White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy"? An answer to this question that resonates as deeply and as richly as it did when it first was spoken is that "the role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible." This quote by Toni Cade Bambara is carried on with different words by Assata Shakur who years later said, "this is the 21st century and we need to redefine revolution," and adds, "the revolution is sexy."
We exist in a moment of juxtaposition where the narratives of White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy are being unveiled and we have the opportunity to resist systemic oppression from every front. This offers writers and storytellers a unique opportunity to imagine worlds outside the systems we are stuck in, and to name the material demands of freedom by accessing both the collective exhaustion and the collective imagination of our time.This course will cover the work of the imagination in feeding revolution and resistance against systems of domination. Using different media to study both craft and theory techniques that could be used to feed the freedom work we take up as artists, we will analyze the psychology of colonization both in theory and in story to more honestly write the work of decolonization onto the page.We will read works by Noor Hindi, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Assata Shakur, and Akwaeke Emezi, and we will aim to write at least one short story, three to five poems, or one creative essay with the call of the revolution in the background. We will workshop our writing in the last two weeks of class. By the end of this class, students will have a deeper understanding of the craft techniques storytelling makes possible in our liberation work, and a range of ways we can implement tangible dismantling of power structures into our story concepts.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Shingai Kagunda | 5-weeks | Wednesdays October 16 - November 20 (no class November 6) | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
What is the role of the artist in any given moment, caught between the historical strands of colonialism, exploitative debt systems, mass incarceration, and, in the words of bell hooks, the "White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy"? An answer to this question that resonates as deeply and as richly as it did when it first was spoken is that "the role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible." This quote by Toni Cade Bambara is carried on with different words by Assata Shakur who years later said, "this is the 21st century and we need to redefine revolution," and adds, "the revolution is sexy."
We exist in a moment of juxtaposition where the narratives of White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy are being unveiled and we have the opportunity to resist systemic oppression from every front. This offers writers and storytellers a unique opportunity to imagine worlds outside the systems we are stuck in, and to name the material demands of freedom by accessing both the collective exhaustion and the collective imagination of our time.This course will cover the work of the imagination in feeding revolution and resistance against systems of domination. Using different media to study both craft and theory techniques that could be used to feed the freedom work we take up as artists, we will analyze the psychology of colonization both in theory and in story to more honestly write the work of decolonization onto the page.We will read works by Noor Hindi, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Assata Shakur, and Akwaeke Emezi, and we will aim to write at least one short story, three to five poems, or one creative essay with the call of the revolution in the background. We will workshop our writing in the last two weeks of class. By the end of this class, students will have a deeper understanding of the craft techniques storytelling makes possible in our liberation work, and a range of ways we can implement tangible dismantling of power structures into our story concepts.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Shingai Kagunda | 5-weeks | Wednesdays October 16 - November 20 (no class November 6) | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
What is the role of the artist in any given moment, caught between the historical strands of colonialism, exploitative debt systems, mass incarceration, and, in the words of bell hooks, the "White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy"? An answer to this question that resonates as deeply and as richly as it did when it first was spoken is that "the role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible." This quote by Toni Cade Bambara is carried on with different words by Assata Shakur who years later said, "this is the 21st century and we need to redefine revolution," and adds, "the revolution is sexy."
We exist in a moment of juxtaposition where the narratives of White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy are being unveiled and we have the opportunity to resist systemic oppression from every front. This offers writers and storytellers a unique opportunity to imagine worlds outside the systems we are stuck in, and to name the material demands of freedom by accessing both the collective exhaustion and the collective imagination of our time.This course will cover the work of the imagination in feeding revolution and resistance against systems of domination. Using different media to study both craft and theory techniques that could be used to feed the freedom work we take up as artists, we will analyze the psychology of colonization both in theory and in story to more honestly write the work of decolonization onto the page.We will read works by Noor Hindi, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Assata Shakur, and Akwaeke Emezi, and we will aim to write at least one short story, three to five poems, or one creative essay with the call of the revolution in the background. We will workshop our writing in the last two weeks of class. By the end of this class, students will have a deeper understanding of the craft techniques storytelling makes possible in our liberation work, and a range of ways we can implement tangible dismantling of power structures into our story concepts.
—
Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.