Intergenerational Imaginings: A Writing Workshop for BIPOC Creatives
Location: Daniels Spectrum 3rd Floor Meeting Room #2 | 585 Dundas Street East
Note: Due to limited capacity, tickets will open on Thurs, Nov 14th at 12pm.
As hyphenated individuals living in between cultures, we are, as activist Eboo Patel describes it, “standing at the crossroads of inheritance and discovery, trying to look both ways at once.”
In this workshop, we write to honour our ancestors and imagine the path we lay for the generations to come. We ask ourselves, who are our ancestors? We look to our ancestors – biological or otherwise – and honour all they have given us, while letting go of that which no longer serves us.
We then turn to the future, to the possibilities that lay before us. Have you ever considered yourself as a future ancestor? As an elder with wisdom to share and possibilities to create? In the second part of our workshop, we ask ourselves: what riches do we inherit and what discoveries are left for us to bestow upon future generations?
Note: no previous writing experience is necessary to take part in this workshop.
Speakers and panelists
Facilitator
Justine Abigail Yu (she/her) is the founder of Living Hyphen, a community and multimedia platform that explores what it means to live in between cultures as a hyphenated Canadian – that is, an individual who calls Canada home but who has roots elsewhere.
She is an award-winning workshop facilitator whose work with Living Hyphen has been featured on national and local media outlets. She was also named a “Changemaker” by the Toronto Star in October 2021.
Justine Abigail is a fierce advocate for equity, anti-oppression, and collective liberation. Her mission is to stir the conscience and spur social change.